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At the time I just thought the other songs were better. A lot of the songs are songs that I had but didn’t use on the Missionary Position record. We practiced 6 times and we made that record. A lot of those songs were my songs before I even knew Barrett. Probably the closest thing that I’ve ever made to a solo record was the first Walking Papers record. I can’t put out a record that competes with the Staticland record. I’d like it to come out ’cause I like the songs but right now I can’t do it.

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Jeff Angell on Grungery, about WP2 | “We have a full finished album with 17 songs. Or Rowing on King Animal by Soundgarden. Walking Papers has created something so outstanding, something that exceptional, with this song. But let’s not get stuck here let’s see what the entire WP2, the Walking Papers sophomore album sounds like! As does Crown of Thorns by Mother Love Bone. Right in Front of Me is exactly like that. Mark Lanegan’s One Way Street comes to mind all of a sudden. You perceive them from deep down somewhere. Some of the songs exist as you experience them. It is as if neither the ear, nor the brain, can decide which is the case. If they are lucky, they will benefit one another, if nothing their senses will not be able to compete with any other. The music seems to be in some kind of harmony with the thoughts which have been woven into some symbiotic relationship with its audience without any sign of a kink whatsoever, an implicit natural constituent. The aesthetic quality of this album is something one hardly experiences these days in the arts, whether in paintings, sculptures, poetry or film. The song itself has such an intimate quality that it’s hard to put into simple words. I can’t remember the last time I heard anything as beautiful. All of the instruments are in complete harmony to each and every waver of Jeff’s voice. The song is chock-full of ocean metaphors without any musical allusions. The sound of Jeff Angell’s raw voice slowly floats down to find Ben Anderson’s keyboard’s soft and charming blanket of sand.

Duff McKagan’s soft bass accords will play again soon. The 7 and half minute song seems to end in just a few seconds but I can hardly wait for it to start again. I am listening to the new Walking Papers album and have started writing this first sentence over and over again. I played the closing track, Right in Front of Me, many times in the last hour in a half. The Debrecen concert is still considered a legendary one to those lucky, and not so lucky, local Seattle fans. The band also played in Hungary on June 14th, 2014 thanks to a spontaneous idea the band had after they decided to play on a so-called rest day. Jerry Cantrell joined the band four years ago so that they could play Two Tickets and a Room at a concert at the Crocodile Café from the first album. The first Walking Papers album was released in 2013 and besides the previously mentioned musicians, Mike McCready the guitarist from Pearl Jam was also a guest musician on the first album (as well as playing several gigs with the band including a guest appearance at the Moore Theater filmed live). They called in Duff McKagan, the Guns N’ Roses bass guitarist to play on their first album they were recording at the time who later went on to become a full-fledged and permanent member of the band. Jeff’s old friend and comrade Benjamin Anderson keyboardist joined shortly thereafter.

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Walking Papers | Jeff Angell (ex-Post Stardom Depression, ex-Missionary Position, Staticland) guitarist and front man founded the band with Barrett Martin drummer (Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Skin Yard, Tuatara) in 2012. The four eminent musicians have created a bluesy, psychedelic, sometimes dark, grunge-like, intelligent rock album.

The Jeff Angell, Ben Anderson, Duff McKagan, Barrett Martin hallmark quartet formation have once again thrilled their fans with yet another outstanding album. Five years after their introduction, the Walking Papers-the millennium’s second decade of Seattle super groups-have just released a new album.

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