Paradise by Bootblacks

The Bootblacks 2025 album “Paradise” marks a departure from the manic percussion and guitar-driven energy of the artist’s angular post-punk roots to a more electronic and immersive soundscape. The album continues their exploration of the 1980’s musical landscape with melancholic lyrics, shimmering guitar riffs, lush synths, sultry saxophones and bass-driven soundscapes. “Paradise” is an audacious ode to contradiction: lush yet raw, melancholic yet euphoric, polished yet pulsing with grit, where beauty and despair coexist.

Tracklist

1.	Forbidden Flames	3:51

2.	Only You (feat. Chris Vrenna & Benjamin Harrison)	4:24

3.	Paradise
4.	Can You Feel It? (Anymore)
5.	Wilderness	3:48

6.	When You Want
7.	Leipzig (feat. Oskar Carls)
8.	Fade Away
9.	Melt

Credits

releases June 13, 2025

Credits:
All songs by Bootblacks
Lyrics by Panther Almqvist
Produced & Mixed by Xavier Paradis de Larochelle
Mastered by Hillary Johnson @ Kale Shelter Studios
Additional Arrangements by Xavier Paradis de Larochelle
Additional Engineering by Hillary Johnson
Cover Art by Carlos Pure
Additional Art by Russell Hymowitz

Additional Instrumentation:
Drums & Programming on Only You by Chris Vrenna
Saxophone on Only You by Benjamin Harrison
Saxophone on Leipzig by Oskar Carls
Saxophone on Can You Feel It? (Anymore) by Oskar Carls
Background Vox on Fade Away by Alice Gift
Percussion on Melt by Adam Amram
Bass on Melt by Russell Hymowitz

Thanks:
Krista Almqvist, Micol Hiatt, Romy Hansford-Gerber, Xavier Paradis de Larochelle, Hillary Johnson, Alli Gorman, Melankolia Agency, Jacek Kozlowski & Artoffact Records, Russell Hymowitz, Adam Amram, Alice Gift, Chris Vrenna, Ian Staer, Oskar Carls, Benjamin Harrison, Kate Mior, Vic Sin, Sean & Mandana Templar, Jason & Kelly Novak, Mike Mouyianis, Kat Paled, Chris & Ambor Hewitt.
Many thanks go out to all the bands, crew, & staff that have shared venues with us all over the world, as well as our friends, families, and pets.

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