Electronic Press Kit
Paper Dragon is a Mt Eden Unpop™ band from Auckland, New Zealand composed of and by Kate Riegle van West and Alex Raichev. They write all sorts of songs, often set poems to music, and banter a good bit. William Blake once praised them from the grave.
You can email them at hello@paperdragon.nz.
Promotional Photos
Available here.Hit Songs
We've recorded and produced all of our songs thus far in 80%-awesome, do-it-at-home fashion. Here's a taster from our full catalogue, part of which you can find on Spotify and the whole cornucopia of music streaming sites.
- Miniver Cheevy 𝄌 lyrics
- The Tyger 𝄌 lyrics
- Down by the Salley Gardens 𝄌 lyrics
- Soft Enchantress 𝄌 lyrics
- Good Advice That Just Hasn't Worked Out Yet 𝄌 lyrics
Live from The Smokes
Highlights and Achievements
- Touring four Auckland libraries for New Zealand Music Month (May 2024).
- Raising over 10,000 brownie points to support New Zealand biodiversity at our Rewild fundraiser concert (April 2023).
- Producing "Paper Dragon the Musical" in the Dragon's Den and selling out both performances (June 2021).
- Playing Sofar Sounds (October 2019).
Reviews
- "Sweet sprites, the burden bear. Hark, hark! Bow-wow."
~William Shakespeare - "For they dance and drink and sing, till some blind hand shall brush their wing."
~William Blake - "Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun. Now I may wither into the truth."
~William Butler Yeats , on the coming of wisdom upon listening to Paper Dragon