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Instant Happiness

by Paper Fishes

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    A one off special limited edition of the debut album by Paper Fishes, Instant Happiness, which includes:

    > Orange vinyl
    > 3 exclusive bonus tracks
    > Printed inner sleeve with lyrics
    > Alternative track-listing
    > A unique download code including the bonus tracks
    > Letter pressed poem by Andre Levy
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Instant Happiness is neither instant nor indeed happy.

Led by the enigmatic, classically trained musician Andre Levy, Paper Fishes weld together tales of humanity and family tensions, set in a
Damien Jurado-like love of Americana, lo-fi rock, folk and barroom ballads. They produce songs laced with razor-sharp lyrics, observing the beauty, fragility and absurdity of life.

The death of Levy’s father and their strained relationship casts a long shadow over their ironically titled debut album, Instant Happiness. The tracks ebb and flow across musical genres with little attempt to hide the scars and resentments between father and son, or the regrets and disillusionment of Levy and his brothers.

This is all brutally exposed on Instant Happiness. The album pulls no punches from the opening track Vanishing Point to the finale Borrowed Time. As with most things with Paper Fishes, the end is but the start. The lead single (Borrowed Time) appears as the last track on the album, an unexpected and counter-intuitive departure from received norms of album compiling.

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released November 16, 2021

All songs written by Andre Levy.

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Paper Fishes UK

Hailing from Bristol, UK, Paper Fishes are an indie folk/roots band formed by songwriter Andre Levy in 2018. Their latest series of EPs and a new album are being released on Irregular Patterns across 2023 and 2024. Levy describes the new album as a highly personal collection of finger-pointing songs and therapy songs. Intimate, honest, reflective and strangely beautiful. ... more

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