she’s green – paper thin

Minneapolis five-piece she’s green — Zofia Smith (vocals), Liam Armstrong (guitar), Raines Lucas (guitar), Teddy Nordvold (guitar), and Kevin Seeback (drums) — have announced their third EP, Swallowtail, due July 10 via Photo Finish Records. “paper thin” is the lead single, arriving alongside an official video. The EP was recorded, produced, and mixed by Sonny DiPerri, and follows last year’s Chrysalis, which was produced in part with Slow Pulp’s Henry Stoehr and signed the band to Photo Finish.

Shoegaze’s grammar is all over “paper thin” — reverb-soaked guitars that blur at the edges, a rhythm section that holds things together without pushing forward too hard. The song is about lust being mistaken for love in a relationship that’s already ended — Smith describes it as exploring “the power of lust in a dying relationship: how it can be confused for love when in reality, the relationship has already faded”. The lyric “holding onto something gone” lands accordingly.

What catches my ear is the pacing, it refuses to resolve, just keeps circling the same emotional moment, which is exactly right for the subject. Everything feels like it’s on the verge of falling apart without ever quite doing so. That fragility is the point.

Tracklist:

1. locket
2. dear ivy
3. empty house
4. paper thin
5. mettle
6. keeper
7. close your eyes

Tour Dates:

North America:

• Apr 03 – Grand Rapids, MI – Elevation (with Bad Suns)
• Apr 04 – Indianapolis, IN – HiFi Indy (with Bad Suns)
• Apr 05 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall (with Bad Suns)
• Apr 07 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground (with Bad Suns)
• Apr 08 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place (with Bad Suns)
• Apr 10 – Asbury Park, NJ – The Stone Pony (with Bad Suns)
• Apr 11 – Baltimore, MD – Soundstage (with Bad Suns)
• Apr 12 – Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theater (with Bad Suns)
• May 16 – Brooklyn, NY – Slide Away Festival @ Brooklyn Paramount (festival)
• May 17 – Washington, DC – Black Cat (with Chapterhouse)
• May 19 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair (with Chapterhouse)
• May 20 – Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount (with Chapterhouse)
• May 21 – Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall (with Chapterhouse)
• May 22 – Chicago, IL – Slide Away Festival @ Aragon Ballroom (festival)

Europe:

• Aug 28 – Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival (festival)
• Aug 30 – Reading, UK – Reading Festival (festival)