Bright Red Paper
Portland, Oregon’s Bright Red Paper is usually billed as Virtuosic Indie Cello Rock. The group played their first live show May 5, 2005, and since then have come to play in a wildly diverse assortment of halls in the Pacific Northwest, including Doug Fir, Berbati’s Pan and The Sapphire Hotel, as well as a spot opening up for Minnesota’s Low. The music created by the quartet is what happens when a guitarist brought up on Northwest indie rock matches wits with a classically-trained cellist. Throw into the mixture a jazz obsessed five-string bassist, and a drummer who has toured in jazz, reggae, and surf bands and you have a combination that is both calming and explosive. The music is primarily instrumental, though Enberg does sing on occasion. Because of the four players’ drastically different musical tastes, the conglomeration of influences tends to inspire diverse audiences to flock to the ensembles performances. Imagine a mixture between Arvo Pärt, John Tavener, Cuong Vu, Pat Metheny, Modest Mouse and Radiohead.