Twelvefour

Twelvefour (marketed as twelvefour) is the second album by Australian band The Paper Kites, released on 28 August 2015 by Wonderlick Entertainment and Sony Music Australia.[1][2] The album's release was preceded by lead single "Electric Indigo", released on 19 June 2015.[3] Its video, directed by Matthew J Cox, was released on 13 July.[4] The second single, "Revelator Eyes", followed in September with a video directed by Dan Huiting.[5] "Renegade", the third single, was released along with a video in April 2016.

twelvefour
Studio album by
The Paper Kites
Released28 August 2015 (2015-08-28)
RecordedMarch–April 2015
StudioAvast! Recording Company and Hall of Justice
(Seattle, Washington)
Genre
Length43:30
Label
ProducerPhil Ek
The Paper Kites chronology
States
(2013)		 twelvefour
(2015)		 On the Train Ride Home
(2018)
Singles from twelvefour
  1. "Electric Indigo"
    Released: 19 June 2015
  2. "Revelator Eyes"
    Released: 20 September 2015
  3. "Renegade"
    Released: 11 April 2016
  4. "Too Late"
    Released: December 2016

The album was written entirely between the hours of midnight and 4 a.m.[1] due to the creativity lead singer and songwriter Sam Bentley felt arise during this time.[3][6] For this reason, it has been referred to as a concept album.[1] The album was then recorded in Seattle with American producer Phil Ek over six weeks in March and April 2015. The band chose Ek to create a more upbeat sound compared to their previous releases,[3] incorporating electric guitars and synthesizers into their music.[7]

twelvefour debuted at number 8 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart on 5 September 2015.[8] The band embarked on a tour of Australia from 16 October to 8 November 2015 in support of the album.[9] They then toured the United States and Canada across November and December 2015,[7] and Europe in January and February 2016. A film directed by Cox depicting the process of making the album was announced for release later in 2015,[3] but has yet to surface.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The AU Review9.5/10[10]
The Music[11]
News.com.au[12]
PPcorn(positive)[13]
Renowned for Sound[14]
Rolling Stone Australia[15]
Vulture Magazine(positive)[16]

Gareth Hipwell of Rolling Stone Australia gave the album three out of five stars and felt "Revelator Eyes" sounded as if "The muses of the witching hour [...] have breathed some hazy Eighties nostalgia" into Bentley's songwriting.[15] However, Hipwell criticised his often "insubstantial lyrics".[15] The AU Review called the album a "fluid progression of sounds and ideas" as well as "[h]ypnotic, whimsical and otherworldly".[10] Jessica Morris of the US-based website PPcorn deemed the album "[c]omplex and delicate" as well as "profound".[13]

Michael Smith of Renowned for Sound gave the album a perfect score of 5 out of 5 stars, opining that the change to an upbeat style was a "logical evolution" of the band's sound, and commended "Bentley's consistently moving vocals to the sheer quality of the guitar riffs that give the songs their power".[14] Sara Tamim of Vulture Magazine was "fabulously yet not surprisingly impressed" by the band's second album; she also remarked positively on the interchange of styles and the "new, flurry sound with intergalactic guitar vibes" of opening track "Electric Indigo".[16]

In a 4 out of 5 stars review, Roshan Clarke of The Music labelled the album a "gorgeous listening experience" and expressed that the "glowing album cover and moody track names like 'Electric Indigo' reflect th[e] nocturnal theme [of the record], but the warm instrumentation transcends any particular time of day".[11] Writing for News.com.au, Mikey Cahill judged that the album is primarily devoid of egos—"what you hear is what you get".[12] Rating the album 3 out of 5 stars, Cahill went on to state that the band sound "calm and delirious" on "Bleed Confusion" and that "Woke Up from a Dream" is "timeless Americana".[12]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Sam Bentley; all music is composed by The Paper Kites.

No.TitleLength
1."Electric Indigo"3:43
2."Renegade"3:55
3."Bleed Confusion"4:21
4."Revelator Eyes"4:22
5."Neon Crimson"4:23
6."I'm Lying to You Cause I'm Lost"3:32
7."A Silent Cause"4:23
8."Woke Up from a Dream"4:45
9."Turns Within Me, Turns Without Me"3:53
10."Too Late"6:13

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes.[17]

The Paper Kites
  • Josh Bentley – drums, percussion
  • Sam Bentley – lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica, keyboards, writing and design
  • Christina Lacy – harmony vocals, guitars
  • David Powys – backing vocals, banjo, lap steel
  • Sam Rasmussen – bass guitar, synthesizer

Technical personnel

Artwork
  • Mark Bentley – design for twelvefour sign
  • Jackson Grant – photography
  • Jefferton James – artwork editing, design and layout

Charts
Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 8
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)[18] 1

References
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  4. "The Paper Kites – Electric Indigo (Official Music Video)". The Paper Kites on YouTube. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  5. "The Paper Kites – Revelator Eyes (Official Video)". The Paper Kites on YouTube. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  6. Williams, Tom (19 June 2015). "The Paper Kites Announce New Album 'Twelvefour' – Music News, Reviews, Interviews and Culture – Music Feeds". Music Feeds. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  7. "The Paper Kites – The Paper Kites Announce North America/Canada Tour". The Paper Kites. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  8. "Australiancharts.com – The Paper Kites – twelvefour". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  9. "The Paper Kites – The Paper Kites Video + Australian Tour". The Paper Kites. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  10. Macdonald, Emmylou (24 August 2015). "Album Review: The Paper Kites – Twelvefour (2015) | the AU review". The AU Review. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  11. Clarke, Roshan (19 August 2015). "The Paper Kites twelvefour Roshan Clarke theMusic.com.au | Australia's Premier Music News & Reviews Website". The Music. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  12. Adams, Cameron & Cahill, Mikey (10 September 2015). "Latest Album Reviews: Duran Duran, Stereophonics, The Paper Kites, Natalie Imbruglia & Jarryd James". News.com.au. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  13. Morris, Jessica (27 August 2015). "The Paper Kites: 'twelvefour' Track-By-Track Album Review". PPcorn. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  14. Smith, Michael (3 September 2015). "Renowned for Sound | Album Review: The Paper Kites – twelvefour". Renowned for Sound. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  15. "Rolling Stone Australia — The Paper Kites – twelvefour". Rolling Stone Australia. 25 August 2015. Archived from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  16. Tamim, Sara (28 August 2015). "Vulture Magazine – Album Review: The Paper Kites' twelvefour". Vulture Magazine. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  17. twelvefour liner notes (CD). Sony Music Australia, Wonderlick Entertainment. 28 August 2015.
  18. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 7 September 2015" (PDF) (1332). Pandora Archive. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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