Rexine
Recorded 30th June, 2010.
Paper Dolls
Rexine are:
cathy – bass
emma – vocals + guitar
graeme – drums
shona – guitar
Rexine are based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, U.K. The promoters of a recent gig described them as:
“Three girls and one sassy boy, paper doll popsters fronted by Emma Chaplin, formerly of the mighty Long Blondes no less. Their first recordings such as Black Boots, White Lines, and Paper Dolls, produced by Penetration’s Rob Blamire, ooze with the energy of post-punk girl mayhem, and an underlying grungy aesthetic.”
Paper Dolls
Paper dolls, paper dolls, paper dolls
Paper dolls, paper dolls, paper dolls
Come see those paper dolls all sweetness and light
With a sparkle in their eye and a sting in their smile
They come out of their box tonight
Singing of the pain they’re supposed to cause
With a sharpness of tongue and a magic so dark
They come out of their box tonight
Taking inspiration from nothing in particular they lay it on thick for you
Taking inspiration from nothing in particular they rip it all up for you
Paper dolls, paper dolls, paper dolls
Paper dolls, paper dolls, paper dolls
Standing over there watching everything you do
Like fragile wisps of nothing, such an innocence betrayed
They need to play games with you
Taking inspiration from nothing in particular they lay it on thick for you
Taking inspiration from nothing in particular they rip it all up for you
Back in your box tonight, back in your box tonight, back in your box tonight, back in your box tonight
Paper dolls! Paper dolls! Paper dolls!
Paper dolls, paper dolls, paper dolls
Paper dolls, paper dolls, paper dolls
Come see those paper dolls with their 10 ft claws
Taking everything despite the pain they cause
You’ll never leave them behind
Come see those paper dolls with their 10 ft claws
Now their eyes are empty and so are yours
You’ll never leave them behind
Recording Notes
Etched on an original ‘Ediphone’ black dictation cylinder c.1920.
This song sounds incredibly punchy when played back through a phonograph horn.
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