Now You Are One Of Us - the pAper chAse

- Now You Are One Of Us -

Kill Rock Stars - KRS445 - CD
Released June 6th 2006
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Trost Records - Vinyl 2xLP Gatefold
Released July 12 2006
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01	It's Out There And It's Gonna Get You
02	We Know Where You Sleep
03	The Kids Will Grow Up To Be Assholes
04	Wait Until I Get My Hands On You
05	You Will Never Take Me Alive
06	Delivered In A Firm Unyielding Way Lingering For Just A Bit Too Long To Communicate The Message “I Own You”
07	The Most Important Part Of Your Body
08	What's So Amazing About Grace
09	You're One Of Them, Aren't You?
10	This Song Will Eat Itself
11	...And All The Candy You Can Eat
12	All Manner Of Pox And Canker
13	At The Other End Of The Leash
14	We Will Make You One Of Us
15	The House Is Alive And The House Is Hungry

Album Info:

Written, Produced, Engineered by John Congleton
Copyright 2006 malakiemusicandsound

Total Running Time: 51:01

Players:
John Congleton: Vocals / Guitars / Keyboards
Piano / Sampling / Sequencing / Theremin
Sean Kirkpatrick: Piano / Keyboards / Additional Vocals
Bobby Weaver: Bass Guitar
Aryn Dalton: Trap Kit
Kris Youmans: Cello
Becki Phares: Violin
Chris Godbey: Lap Steel

Recorded At:
Nomad Studios, the pAper house, Electrical,
Maxi Media, Pachyderm, Wextrax

Mastering: Rob Wechsler
Vinyl Mastereing: Martin Siewert
Cover Art Photo: Kain Karawahn
Artwork: Daniel Delpurgatorio
12" Layout: Robert Pinzolits

From Kill Rock Stars:

The Paper Chase's signature sounds--strangled guitars, bombastic percussion, terror-stricken strings, bizarre samples and crashing pianos--are firmly in place on their latest endeavor, Now You Are One of Us. Here, the Dallas quartet creates the sonic equivalent to George A. Romero's classic zombie films, in which one and all inevitably become "one of them." Songwriter/singer/producer John Congleton examines the ways fear can be utilized as an instrument of control, even as it spreads like a plague across the land. Possessed by fear of pacification, domestication and ultimate dissolve, the songs' characters struggle to retain their identity. Layers of trepidation are aurally peeled away and scrutinized while a looming unknown lies just below the surface. Beyond the fear of death, is the characters' dreadful realization that perhaps they never even existed. The sound of ghostly forces opening and closing squeaky doors becomes eerily significant, and Congleton's trademark desperation is at its most crucial as he exclaims, "We will show this cruel word we were here." Despite the disturbed poltergeists that are its roommates, The Paper Chase sounds right at home in its self-wrought haunted house. Over the album's seamless course, the band not only offers battle anthems for those who won't go down without a fight, but also the sadistic theme songs of their bloodthirsty attackers. Another histrionic epic is rendered, but we wouldn't expect anything less from Congleton and his crew.