Don't expect tumbleweeds, long pans across dusty plains, or even a stray Harry Dean Stanton or Sam Shepard reference at a Paris, Texas show. Like an improbable number of Midwestern groups, this band of Madisonites (Wisconsin, that is) grew up on the Wire/Buzzcocks axis, and it's proficient enough to take that glimmering sneer into new territory. The group has been honing its Brit-Wisconsin sound with songs such as "Heart Full of Napalm," "Razor New Neighbors" and "Future Scars," the titles of which don't capture its sonic layers but do convey its attitude. Fresh from shows with the like-minded Alkaline Trio, the members of Paris, Texas are ready to win over the post-indie crowd, who probably thought the band was, like, rootsy or something.
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