Papercuts

Papercuts is an American indie pop project centered around Jason Robert Quever.
Quever was raised in a Christian commune in Humboldt County, California. He started making music at an early age and bought a four-track recorder when aged 15. After travelling around the west coast of the United States he eventually settled in San Francisco. His musical career began when he recorded piano tracks for Cass McCombs. He has since collaborated with Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, the Skygreen Leopards, and Vetiver, and produced the third album by Lazarus, Hawk Medicine (2007). The first Papercuts album, Rejoicing Songs was released in 2000 on the Cassingle USA label, with three further albums following, the latest two on the Gnomonsong label, run by Devendra Banhart and Andy Cabic of Vetiver. His 2007 album Can’t Go Back was described by Allmusic’s Jason MacNeil as «a perfect example that timeless, classic pop still exists». Quever continued to shift his base along the west coast, for a time employing the rhythm section from San Diego band Moon & Sixpence, and later joined by Malcolm Pullinger and Jeremey Brown in 2004. For the Mockingbird album, he was accompanied by drummer Luke Top and backing vocalist and keyboardist Matt Popieluch, both of The Cave-Ins. The band line-up in 2008 included David Enos and Kelly Nyland and Trevor Montgomery, both also members of Lazarus.