Paper Route is an American experimental

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and

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band from

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formed in 2004. It consists of

JT Daly Justin Thomas "JT" Daly (born January 2, 1981) is an American musician, producer, songwriter, and visual artist, known also as the frontman for Nashville-based rock band Paper Route. His recent production and co-writing work include Pvris's ne ...

(vocals, keyboards, percussion, samplers),

Chad Howat Paper Route is an American experimental indie rock and indie pop band from Nashville, Tennessee formed in 2004. It consists of JT Daly (vocals, keyboards, percussion, samplers), Chad Howat (bass, piano, programming), and Nick Aranda (guitars). ...

(bass, piano, programming), and Nick Aranda (guitars). The band has released three full-length albums and several EPs.

History

Formation and early years

Chad Howat,

and co-founding member Andy Smith met while attending

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in Greenville, Illinois. They first began playing together late at night after a previous musical endeavor, For All The Drifters, had disbanded. The band's self-titled debut EP was released on August 29, 2006. In December 2006, the band released a Christmas EP titled ''A Thrill of Hope'' through

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. A song from the EP, "The Music", was later featured in the 2009 film '' (500) Days of Summer''. In 2007, Paper Route were featured on '' Paste'' magazine's website as artists to watch: "The group produces a refreshing mix of the organic and the electronic, with quality songwriting to match." In early 2008, their music was featured in the television show ''

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'' in episodes "Life Is Short" and "Cryin' Won't Help You Now". The band's song "Last Time" was chosen to be the theme song for the 2008 Nike+ Human Race.

''Absence'' (2009–10)

The band's major label debut, '' Absence'', was released on

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on April 28, 2009. The album reached number 13 on the ''

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chart. In March 2010, Paper Route were named one of '10 Artists to Watch in 2010' by American music website Shred News. In November 2010, the song "Gutter" was featured on TV series ''

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'' in the episode "Hide Sight". In November 2010, Paper Route announced that Andy Smith left the band.

''The Peace of Wild Things'' (2010–13)

In September 2010, two songs by Paper Route – including "Calm My Soul" – were featured on

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's show ''

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''. In June 2011, the song "You Kill Me" from the band's 2008 EP ''Are We All Forgotten'' was featured in an episode of

's ''

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''. The first single off the band's second studio album was titled "Better Life" and released to

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on November 1, 2011. A song titled "Sugar" was released as a part of a free compilation album on

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on Valentine's Day 2012. JT Daly also created remixes of

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's songs "The Original" and " Dark Horses" from Switchfoot's critically acclaimed record ''

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''. On June 18, 2012, Paper Route announced that their second album, titled ''

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'', would be released on September 11, 2012, and that the second single from the album would be "You and I". A music video for the single was released onto

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on August 31, 2012. Upon release, ''The Peace of Wild Things'' reached number eight on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers chart, and number 164 on the ''Billboard'' 200. In 2013, Paper Route's song "Better Life" was featured in ''

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'' episode, titled "

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". On October 6, 2013, the band released a cover of "Royals" by

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, followed by a cover of

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" on November 26, 2013.

''Real Emotion'' (2014–present)

On September 24, 2014, Paper Route announced that drummer Gavin McDonald would be leaving the band, pushing back planned October tour dates to December. The band performed two new songs on a four-city East Coast tour in February 2015, including their new single "Zhivago". The track was released as part of the

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compilation album on March 17, 2015. In July 2015, JT Daly and Chad Howat announced that Nick Aranda was made an official member of the band. The same month, Paper Route announced that they had signed to

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, an offshoot of

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. On February 26, 2016, the band released a new single "Laugh About It". Howat's website confirmed that the album would be titled "Real Emotion". The second single off the album, "Chariots", was released on June 12, 2016. The song premiered at E3 as the exclusive gameplay trailer track for ''

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'', the video game by

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, and later was featured in the game's soundtrack. On September 23, 2016 the album Real Emotion was released. The band made their late night television debut on

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's ''

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'' on February 1, 2017 where they performed "Balconies." They announced an indefinite hiatus in early 2019.

Touring

From late July through August 2008, Paper Route was part of the Final Riot! Tour, with

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, and

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. They toured with

again in 2009 on the band's third album. In 2008 they also toured with Passion Pit. In 2009 they also toured with Copeland and

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. In 2010 they toured with

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and

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. In 2012 they toured with

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, and

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. In 2013 they toured with

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and also

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. In early 2016, Paper Route toured again with Mutemath. In October 2016, following the release of ''Real Emotion'', they embarked on a 20-date east coast/midwest headlining tour (The Really Emotional Tour) with

as the support act. They followed this up supporting

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on the second part of her Crush Me Tour in February 2017.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

Band members

Current *

– vocals, keyboards, percussion, samplers (2004–2019). Daly has been involved in other projects including music production (most recently produced and co-wrote songs with alt-rock artist

, including hit single "Blood in the Cut"), soundtrack composition (short film for Smarkmark), visual art exhibitions ("rest easy", "architechnopoly", "love fever sunburn", and "the body is a kingdom and the kingdom is beautiful") and film direction and production (including "This House" for

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). *

– bass, piano, programming (2004–2019). Outside of his work with Paper Route, Howat has produced, mixed, and engineered for several artists including

Brooke Waggoner Brooke Waggoner (born May 30, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter from New Orleans, Louisiana, who resides in Nashville, Tennessee. Early life Waggoner was born in Houston, Texas, to Lewis Earl and Kris Allyn (Kulcke) Waggoner. She comes fro ...

, Hillsong United, and

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). * Nick Aranda - guitar, bass (2015–2019). Aranda toured with Paper Route on their tour promoting ''The Peace of Wild Things'' and became an official band member in July 2015. He has toured with bands including

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and was a founding member of Dizmas. Former * Andy Smith – vocals, guitars, harmonica, theremin (2004–2010). After parting ways with Paper Route, Andy formed the band Brother Leather, independently releasing the album ''Meat Mural'' in 2013. He is currently recording an untitled follow up with Stephen P Bohn (ex-Death Comesto Matteson). * Gavin McDonald – drums (2004–2014). Gavin has performed with several bands including Canon Blue,

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and New World. He also is featured as a drummer on several albums.

References

External links

*
Paper Route interview at StereoSubversion.com
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