Bionic Buzz® got to Jeff Angell the singer-songwriter & guitarist for Walking Papers over zoom. We talked about where his passion for music came along with fun Seattle music stories including collaborating with Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees), Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses) and Mike McCready (Pearl Jam). Also talked about the bands highly anticipated third album, THE LIGHT BELOW which drops February 5th via Carry On Music. We talked about about their music videos for “The Value of Zero” and “Divine Intervention / What Did you Except?”
Since the release of the band’s 2013 self-titled debut, and 2018’s WP2, which Classic Rock magazine called “a heady and timeless cocktail of dusty blues and atmospheric grunge that has decades of road-worn experience woven deep into its fibers,” Angell has made sure to stay true to himself and the integrity of the sound he’s built for decades. “More than it being the sound of the blues that inspires me, it’s the feel,” he explains. “To me, it’s a necessary quality in music. It’s like what makes a good singer. Not how many octaves they can hit, but whether or not I believe what they are saying. To me the feel of the blues equals truth. That’s where I want to exist.”
Building off of that foundation, THE LIGHT BELOW incorporates elements from several corners of Seattle’s storied musical history. With a revolving door of legendary supporting members itching to hop in and jam over the years, including Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses), Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees), it’s no surprise that caliber of musicianship is what WALKING PAPERS has become notorious for. This time around, they’ve recruited Will Andrews (drums), Gregor Lothian (Saxophone), and Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) for some roof-raising guitar work on “Divine Intervention” as well as “Stood up at the Gates of Heaven.”
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