PAWS: International Showcase Fund (SXSW)
PAWS are Phillip Taylor, Josh Swinney and John Bonnar.
In 2012 the band released their debut full length album Cokefloat!, which garnered much critical acclaim. This album introduced the band’s explosive songwriting to the world, boiling down emotionally charged lyrics with the whiplash snap of punk. Leading SPIN Magazine to place the band at number four on their “Top 50 Best Acts at SXSW Festival in 2013.”
PAWS’ second album, Youth Culture Forever marked a significant change in strength and mood for the band. Recorded live in a home studio in the woods in upstate New York, the album captured the Scottish trio in their element. Fiercely loud and brutally raw, YCF also demonstrated emotional and dynamic depths that added new shades and colours to the sound already developed on their debut album. Youth Culture Forever become their second album to be nominated for The Scottish Album Of The Year Award.
After discovering a mutual appreciation between themselves and bassist/producer Mark Hoppus (Blink 182/+44), PAWS enlisted his support to record their latest album of works – “No Grace.”
Following strong campaigns of touring throughout 2016 for No Grace, which including successful UK/EU tours with Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit as well as well attended headline touring itineraries, PAWS are set for their return to the U.S to showcase their strongest body of work yet. With the help of the International Showcase Fund, the band are ready to take SXSW Festival 2017 by storm.