PAPA Tender Madness

Tender Madness the debut full-length from critically acclaimed band PAPA will be released October 8 via Loma Vista. The new recording follows their recent double A-side 7” single “Put Me to Work/If You’re My Girl Than I’m Your Man” as well as their 2011 EP A Good Woman is Hard to Find, which received praise from Pitchfork and NYLON, with Los Angeles Times calling it “oft deep and deliberate.” To celebrate the new music, the band will continue to tour on the west coast throughout July and are now set to embark on a nationwide run with Cold War Kids this fall.

The latest track from Tender Madness “Young Rut” is available for preview now.

The new record multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Darren Weiss notes, “Some of the songs on this album that come across as love songs, or lustful confessions have much more to do with my feelings towards America than any personal romantic longings. Some love songs were written about fictional characters in novels who were oftentimes far more compelling than the creatures I had access to. And sometimes, perhaps most often, I tried in earnest to tell my truths as I lived them.” Full track listing below.

PAPA is the brainchild of Weiss and co-songwriter and bassist Danny Presant. Their celebrated live performances have resulted in a string of sold out shows in and around Los Angeles. Additionally, the band has toured extensively, including runs with Girls, Lord Huron, Grouplove, and appeared at festivals such as Outside Lands and FYF Festival.

1. PAPA
2. Put Me to Work
3. Young Rut
4. Forgotten Days
5. Cotton Candy
6. If the Moon Rises
7. Get Me Through the Night
8. If You’re My Girl Then I'm Your Man
9. Tender Madness
10. Got to Move
11. I Am a Lion King
12. Replacements (Cuts in the Grass) (feat. Lydia Roger)