‘Paper Planes formed in January 2008 after Christopher, Craig and Fraser found New Jersey girl Jen. The songs quickly came together and with art, surf-punk sounds and a variety of tastes in music as inspiration, the Planes had created their own noise: “We came to be mesmerised by the psychedelic drone of The Black Angels and were instead charmed by Paper Planes. The Glasgow quartet supporting the US headliners were appropriate partners, except that they were rather too good for the slot. There is a rarity value to Paper Planes’s appearances, occasioned by the lengthy disappearances of vocalist Jennifer Paley back home to New Jersey. It is understandable that her three bandmates are prepared to wait for her to show up, because she is rather special, a diminutive vocal powerhouse who spices her Debbie Harry pop tunefulness with Siouxsie Sioux yelps but has the studied cool of Nico. Great hair, too. Behind her, Craig, Fraser and Christopher provide colourful punk rock’n’roll, with highly melodic use of the bass and effects-laden guitar. This was possibly their first appearance since Hallowe’en and you’ll have to wait until February to catch them at King Tut’s, but you should.’ (Keith Bruce, The Herald)
Limbo reviewed their first appearance at the club thus:
‘Paper Planes open with a storming set. With glistening disco rhythms and sonic riffs to make teeth grind plus singer Jen’s raw yet engaging vocals enrapturing the entire audience, Paper Planes are reminiscent of the Breeders and early Yeah Yeah Yeahs. They don’t waste any time on mid-track chatter and plough through their set to a great response from the crowd. It’s Jen’s first ever gig in Edinburgh and the whole band haven’t been on the go for long either but they’ve clearly been rehearsing hard. They do a great cover of Nightclubbing, which according to our sources is better than many of Iggy Pop’s own live versions of this song and everything about them screams that this is a band to watch. Other reference points include The Strokes, The Smiths, Blondie and a little bit of surf guitar. Great stuff all round and we can’t wait to get them back again.’
