racingpaperplanes

Motherfuckers never die!

2010-09-17T14:28:00.000-07:00

This started out as a joke. Me and a friend was talking about bathroom grafitti and he told me he saw this: "Motherfuckers never die!". I said jokingly we should write a song about it. I couldn't get it out of my head and when I wrote new songs all my lyrics wanted to include this phrase. All of a sudden this song just came to me :)

Motherfuckers never die

Bye.

2010-06-22T16:03:00.000-07:00

There comes a time when you have to let go. Racingpaperplanes as it is and was is now over... Thank you! You know who you are....

See you somewhere else.

2010-05-04T08:04:00.000-07:00

2010-03-29T13:50:00.000-07:00

So... I had nothing better to do. I wrote two songs tonight and recorded them. I thought I'd release them here as a web single! How cool am I? Ey?

Free if you want, but if you'd like to donate via paypal, it's done to: richard@racingpaperplanes.com

A: Here to stay

B: One more reason

LYRICS:

Here to stay - Hold that sunset just a little more. Until this moment in memory is stored. We're here and now.

Frame this picture for us to keep. A sole reminder for us to see. We're here and now.

I wish that we were here to stay. I wish it never went away.

Hold my hand now just a little longer. Until you hurt me, you're so much stronger. Were here and now.

Sing like the bird song and keep the beat. And mix the music with stomping feet. We're here and now.

One more reason

I'll live some more just to see you smile. I'll live today just to be by your side.
I'll live for spite and to watch that fucker die. I'll live today and I won't say goodbye.
There's one more reason not to cry. I'll make sure to let you know.
It's mine to choose how to live this life. And mine to say I don't know.

OK? No way!

2010-01-16T13:21:00.000-08:00

A first taste of Racingpaperplanes featuring Kristofer is up on our Myspace! Go check it out!

Recording, recording, recording

2009-09-22T12:14:00.000-07:00

So far we have four songs down and I think we will cut a few more. I don't know if it will be an EP or a full length yet, but we'll see. It seems we will wing it as long as we're having fun. I might put a song up from the sessions soon if there's interest.

Peace out,

/r

Short update

2009-09-01T01:28:00.000-07:00

Maybe you've noticed I've had a pretty long break from racingpaperplanes? I haven't even played any shows this year. For a while I wasn't sure if I was even gonna do this anymore. How ever I have gotten help from a few friends to get slowly back on track! My friend Marcus has pushed me to start writing again, and another friend, Kristofer is kind enough to help me out recording. And hey out of the blue I got a show booked in Stockholm in october!

I hope to have material for an EP to be released later this year and so far we have three songs down that i think are amazing!

So keep your fingers crossed I will pull through this!

And if you haven't already checked out these amazing, kind and gifted musicians, please do your self a favour and visit:

Kristofer Åström
Marcus Jönsson

BOOM!!! The EP is out!

2009-05-26T09:53:00.001-07:00

I have a few of the "Sunken ship" EP's for sale! 70 kr Sweden, $10 US, 9 EUR. Including shipping! Paypal to richard @ racingpaperplanes.com or email the same addy for other ways to pay!

2009-02-14T07:06:00.000-08:00

Sunken ship EP!

I have just finished mixing what will be a new EP out on Tract records in spring!

It is pretty rough around the edges at times and that is the way I intended it to sound. Not too polished!

Here is the one that will probably divide people into love and hate :) Don't worry, this is the only one where I use my fuzz pedal!

Walking dirty streets

Spain

2009-02-07T14:30:00.000-08:00

Spain was... special. This is me and Glen in the apartment in Madrid practicing up for the shows. The sound is a bit iffy but I think the performance is great.

Bonus: I always get requests for metal songs. Some bands get the old "Creedence!?" shout. Here's the spanish version:

2009-01-29T11:36:00.000-08:00

This is from Club Best Wishes in Gothenburg. November 2008. My friend Jonas Franke-Blom has contributed to songs on records in the past. We have talked about playing a show together but time was never right. Well now it was and I am so happy we did it! He adds so much with his cello work and the vibe of the songs and the crowd was amazing! I did some songs myself and some togehther with Jonas. Here are some clips.

"You came into my life"

"How did this ocean get so vast"

"Meet again"

"You if anyone"

2008

2009-01-06T13:12:00.000-08:00

2008 had it's ups and downs... I want to thank my band for a fantastic job! Music sounds better with you!

Here are some big ups though!

Ohio Stars from Gothenburg, november 2008.

"Never Be Alright" from Kräfskivefestivalen summer 2008.

"Our sun will set" from Vinylbaren, KB Malmö

The Flood

2009-01-03T16:07:00.000-08:00

This is a song I wrote while on tour in the USA. It never made it onto any album. This is probably the only time I played it with Glen. It's a practice tape I found.

Also a video from Luna records in indianapolis...

The Flood (practice)

The Flood Luna records, Indianapolis (instore performance) 2002. Video.

You came into my life

2009-01-03T15:26:00.000-08:00

A pretty new demo song.

You came into my life

Silver sun

2009-01-03T15:08:00.000-08:00

"If we were oceans" was a compilation of unreleased songs by RPP, Kristofer Åström, Boy Omega and Two times the trauma.

This song Silver sun, is a song I never played live because I can´t remember what tuning I used :) It was a weird one.

I love the song. It means alot. Here it is.

Silver Sun

Neil Young

2009-01-03T14:52:00.000-08:00

We opened up for a fantastic band from Canada, Great Lake Swimmers. I was talking to their banjo player before the show and he asked me if he could join in on a song... Sure! Well they are canadian so I chose to play a song by Neil Young.

Birds (Neil Young cover feat. Eric from GLS)

Songs: Ohia

2009-01-03T14:24:00.000-08:00

I was always a huge fan of Jason Molina. I had the privilege to open for him in 2007. This is a cover I recorded in Connersville, Indiana, USA in 2002.

Love leaves its abusers (Songs: Ohia cover)

More lost songs

2008-12-30T10:37:00.000-08:00

These ones was recorded for a 7" but it never came out. I was asked to write about the sea or something and I loosely used an old legend of the "red stone", a mythical stone by the shore of Gothenburg. I usually take walks down there and I like this place alot...

Birds of prey

Harbour

Elephant Micah

2008-12-29T12:47:00.000-08:00

Joe O'Connell – aka Elephant Micah is a guy I met on my US tour. He makes the most beatiful lo-fi music and I can never stop listening to it. This is another half assed attempt at a cover song. "Be my bright light". Same ol' "newspaper drum".

visit Elepant Micah

Be my bright light (Elephant Micah cover)

Damien Jurado

2008-12-29T12:38:00.000-08:00

Now, Damien Jurado is one of my favourite songwriters. I recorded a half assed version of his brilliant song Omaha some years ago. It's not half as good as the original. Anyways I kinda like it. I play drums on a newspaper by the way :)

Omaha (Damien Jurado cover)

Never done this

2008-12-29T10:27:00.000-08:00

Glen Gilbert is my main cat, my guitarist since 2003... He wrote just a few songs for Racingpaperplanes. I've been begging him to write more but he didn't wanna "step on my turf"... Well, here's one song that was supposed to be on "Self Sleep Service" but it fell off the last second. Glen wrote it, it's beautiful but maybe we didn't get the right version down on tape... Well here you go, go, go.

edit: (I found a neat live version of the song from when we opened for Rosie Thomas. Putting that up too.)

Never done this

Never done this (live)

New light on old songs

2008-12-29T05:18:00.000-08:00

I found this old recording out of happenstance, and I had completely forgotten about its existense. I thought I'd share it with you. It's three songs live in the studio before recording my first album. Witness (later recorded with Kalle and Martin from The Soundtrack of our lives), Evening stars and Wave. I think this is me, Tomas Adolfsson. Per Erik "Lillen" Tagesson and Peter Johansson. Enjoy!

Witness
Wave
Evening Stars