Paul Melançon

Paul Melancon plays music. Literate, moody, indie-pop music. Whatever the hell that is. He writes depressing songs that sound upbeat, and upbeat songs that sound depressing. He has been graced with an unusually gifted voice and a knack for writing well-crafted pop songs hiding disturbed and defective characters inside. His tools are the bittersweet melody, lyrical depth, and sardonic wit found in fellow artists such as Michael Penn, Neil Finn and Elvis Costello. When whipped into a frenzy, he can shake and pop like a drunk Nick Lowe.

He's released three critically acclaimed CDs: Two solo and one with The Arts and Sciences, all available in all the usual places. He's toured with the Indigo Girls, played International Pop Overthrow four times (LA, Boston and Atlanta) and SXSW. He feels really strange writing about himself in the third person.