Papa M... Live again!
David Pajo will be performing songs from the Papa M album "Live From A Shark Cage" in select cities. This includes the premier for the black metal documentary "Until The Light Takes Us" and the All Tomorrow's Parties 10th Anniversary Festival. California dates being added!
See T O U R for more details.
Pajo playing with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Since March of 2009, Pajo has been playing bass, keyboards, and acoustic guitar with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs for their tour in support of "It's Blitz". See www.yeahyeahyeahs.com for tour dates!
"Scream With Me" Video
We are proud to present a new video from the vinyl-only album, Scream With Me. The film "Where Eagles Dare" was shot by Maximilla Lukacs in New York City in 2004. See M E D I A for more details.
New Solo Album Available In December 2009!
After thirteen months of work, Pajo is finally releasing a new solo album under the name "Evila". See www.evila.co.uk for more details.
Misfits Covers Record Out now
Black Tent Records has released the Scream With Mealbum. This collection of Misfits covers is only available on vinyl.
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1968
(Drag City Records, August 22, 2006)
To conjure an album that at once bears the mark of an enigmatic and noir-like
vision, while resting upon delicate and almost pastoral musical lines,
is no simple task. Coming forward with an inspired new collection of songs,
David Pajo has bridged that gap with his latest, 1968. Very David Lynch-ian
in design, 1968 is a record that resonates almost a new Americana, with
a dark but familiar undercurrent that is both warming and grim. As has
become the norm for the veteran PAJO (former member of Slint, Tortoise,
and contributor to Stereolab, Bonnie Prince Billy, and many more), his
new endeavor is wholly enchanting.
This is David Pajo's second sojourn into the being that is PAJO, a step
away from his previous solo-works as Papa M, Ariel M, and M. 1968 finds
PAJO traversing further into acute songwriting territory, highlighted
by the juxtaposition of his notably elegant musical phrasing with his
often brutal lyrical themes. "Cyclone Eyes" flows with a subtle
airiness that mischievously plays with a story of murder and disintegration,
taking from varying Gorguts lyrics. Or listen to the soaring guitar lines
of "We Get Along, Mostly," that unfold like a lost George Harrison
opus. Track 4, "Prescription Blues," eerily waltzes across imagery
that beckons Hafiz poetics. PAJO also pays homage to country royalty on
"Let It Be Me."
1968 is an album of many subtle turns, that reveals itself in veiled but
provocative ways. These are songs for the clandestine set.
What They Say About PAJO
Uncut: "An engagingly direct, deliberately pretty collection
of vocal originals played on acoustic guitar and embellished with synth
and neatly restrained electronic percussion... Lone auteur, team player,
jack of all trades- and master of a few, as well."
Mojo: "Pajo is undoubtedly his definitive statement- not just
as a guitarist, but as a songwriter and vocalist."
Q: "A solo artist too, his various guises have been getting progressively
more song-based, and this is his best yet."
Jane: "Listening to the latest project of David Pajo I feel like
I'm being swaddled in a soft, warm, syrup-lined blankie."
