Operatic in scope, ruthlessly ambitious in its range, The Paper Chase have dropped one the most unique and substantive records of the year.  Full text...

With this album, The Paper Chase have strongly placed two feet into the dirt and, like the album’s oft-repeated phrase insists, aren’t going into the void quietly, or without a fight.   Full text...

Its most striking and singular album yet.  Full text...

On their fourth full-length, Now You Are One of Us, the members of Dallas's Paper Chase incorporate elements of goth in a way that bears the vulgar honesty of the genre's most notorious musicians.  Full text...

Surprisingly evocative and delivered with a total, delectable lack of restraint.  Full text...

Now You Are One Of Us is worth checking out for its amazing production alone - if more bands spent as much time in the studio as Congleton clearly does, there would be a lot more terrific-sounding records out there.  Full text...

While imperfect, Now You Are One Of Us is packed with poignant ideas and disturbingly beautiful moments.   Full text...

The sound of the record evinces a fascination with post-Blair Witch Project horror more than Romero - which is to say it relies on cheap production tricks. Heavily distorted samples are buried in the mix, enough to be perceived but not distinguishable; Congleton's voice is occasionally digitally treated; disembodied voices float in and out at will.  Full text...