Again & Again is about escaping your troubles with someone special. With a rustic and carefree 60s feel, it takes you to a world without dirty corporate hierarchies, money troubles, or sniveling politicians – or at the very least, to a time when life was a little simpler.


Visual on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lcz4ZSOaJw

Again & Again

Song from 'The Road Home'. By Fraser Browne, Naomi Browne. Recorded at Roundhead Studios, Auckland. Produced by Nic Manders. Mastered at Masterdisk NY. Coupled with the following extra hands: Nic Manders, Sam Ogilvie. 

Tillsammans, Futaride

Song from 'The Road Home'. By Fraser Browne, Naomi Browne. Recorded at Roundhead Studios, Auckland. Produced by Nic Manders. Mastered at Masterdisk NY. With the following darlings: Nic Manders, Joel Bremner, Kristina Roper, Tim Roper, Bruce Lynch. 

Little Darling

Song from 'The Road Home'. By Sam Ogilvie, Fraser Browne. Recorded at Roundhead Studios, Auckland. Produced by Nic Manders. Mastered at Masterdisk NY. Coupled with the following extra hands: Nic Manders, Sam Ogilvie. 

Come, Sweet Sleep

Song from the album 'The Road Home'. Recorded at Roundhead Studios, Auckland. Produced by Nic Manders. Mastered at Masterdisk NY. Song by Fraser Browne, Naomi Browne. Extra hands on deck: Nic Manders, Sam Ogilvie

Stones, Birds + Aces

From 'The Road Home'. Cover from a song by Leadbelly. Recorded at Roundhead Studios, Auckland. Produced by Nic Manders. Mastered at Masterdisk NY. With the following people: Nic Manders, Joel Bremner, Kristina Roper, Tim Roper, Bruce Lynch.

In The Pines

Here's a song we have been working on recently. It's been awhile coming.   
It will be on our EP 'Oh, Love!' which will be released September 2012. 
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All My Life

'Take No Uta' (竹の唄) is translated as 'the song of the bamboo' in Japanese. It's an instrumental played with a shakuhachi, which is a bamboo Japanese flute. Enjoy!
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Ta ke no uta

A dreamy, breezy love song, filled with shimmery guitars and keys, ‘Midsummer’ evokes images of long, hot, summer nights and the happy confusion of new love.

In Europe, Midsummer is traditionally the time young people get together to celebrate life, and let loose. Having spent time in Stockholm, singer, Fraser Browne began reminiscing about his time in the Swedish city; long, never ending summer nights filled with midnight football games, dinners and parties.

Written by Fraser Browne and Naomi Browne, ‘Midsummer’ was performed by Fraser Browne (vocals) and Naomi Browne (piano and vocals), Nic Manders (guitars, synth, bass), Adam Tobeck (drums). The track was recorded and mixed by Nic Manders at Smoke and Parachute studios, and mastered by Nathan Tiddy.  

The single is released as part of a forthcoming album, due out later in 2018.

Midsummer

The final track on 'Oh, Love' before mastering. 

It won't be released as a single or anything so it's just for interest's sake!

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Leaving The Heaviness (unmastered)

Isolation was originally on 'Oh, Love!' This is a mostly live re-recording we did in lockdown, to recognise this unusual time. 

The first point we have to make is that we should all follow the government's directives - stay home, only go for exercise with your 'bubble' or home unit. Other than that, only go out if you're food shopping or going to the pharmacy. 

But we should recognise that there are many people who will find lockdown hard and unnatural. For whatever reason it is - it may be their living situation, their personality, missing social time, or just being stuck inside in general. 

Going into full lockdown obviously gives the lyrics a different take - 'I'm no good in isolation, it gnaws at me.' People are going to feel isolated and socially alone, and we know that some people (maybe all of us)will really struggle in this situation. 

Our key point - is to reach out to people (online or by calling). 

Those who may be finding it hard - and reach out to others if you are struggling yourself. Let's get through this together. 

Rerecorded home demo produced by Paper Cranes at home, in isolation. The view is what I will see for a lot of this time.

Spotify link for the original 
https://open.spotify.com/track/2zOw5wzE5hCSsHBZpKNCwN?si=28rmOomrT_CKlC8E7i3YAg

Isolation (Demo 2020)

Breathing is a song facing anxiety and the realisation that we all share the same feelings and problems.

Breathing RNZ Live 2020

With songs that ponder the meaning of life, love, and our fleeting existence in this beautiful world, Paper Cranes 折り鶴 music is warm, yet melancholy.

Husband-and-wife team Fraser and Naomi Browne are the driving force behind the group, with lyrics and music influenced by Fraser’s background in literature and Naomi’s Japanese upbringing.

Oh, Love!, their debut EP, was released September 2012.
The Road Home was released March 20, 2015. The album was warmly received critically and reached number 6 on the local New Zealand charts, and number 29 on the NZ General charts. Paper Cranes 折り鶴 played on Good Morning TV, Kiwi FM, B Fm, and Life FM, Poor Boy Radio, and embarked on a full tour around New Zealand in support of the album.

The band wrote their follow-up album Voices in Huia, near the beautifully scenic Waitakere Ranges in Auckland, and the port city of Tauranga. The new album was released on January 18, 2019 with the lead single ‘Heartbeat’. It debuted at #1 on the IMNZ charts and #12 on the NZ artists NZ music charts, and the band went on a full tour in support of the album.  

Critical reception:
“The Road Home [has] the air of an album that’s just waiting for everyone to discover it” – Mike Alexander, Sunday Star Times -- 5 stars

“[The Road Home] is an excellent debut by the small ensemble” – Graeme Reid, Elsewhere.co.nz

“The first full length from Paper Cranes, three years after their debut EP, proves well worth the wait, each song deserving a long pondered listen – Finn McLennan-Elliott, NZ Musician

“The Road Home is a quiet, intricate and carefully layered set of songs” – Gary Steel, Metro Magazine

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