Andrew Paley

Paley was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and spent some time in Madison, WI before attending grade school and high school outside of Burlington, Vermont.{{Cite web |title=20 Questions: Andrew Paley |url=https://www.verbicidemagazine.com/2016/12/27/andrew-paley-static-age-interview-20-questions/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Verbicide |language=en-US}} He began attending all-ages shows at 242 Main in Burlington, Vermont when he was 13,{{Cite web |title=A Chat With Andrew Paley {{!}} Interview - ALTCORNER.com |url=https://altcorner.com/interviews/a-chat-with-andrew-paley-interview/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=altcorner.com}} and started playing in punk and hardcore bands at 14.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-24 |title=Andrew Paley – www.PensEyeView.com |url=http://www.penseyeviewnew.com/pev/2017/01/08/andrew-paley/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |archive-date=2022-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224152014/http://www.penseyeviewnew.com/pev/2017/01/08/andrew-paley/ |url-status=usurped }} Along with his bandmates, he formed what would become The Static Age in high school.

{{See also|The Static Age}}

Paley's first solo effort was the album White Rooms, which he recorded with Matt Squire (who also produced The Static Age's Neon Nights Electric Lives album) at Phase Studios in College Park, Maryland "pretty soon after" The Static Age's sessions there.{{Cite web |last=Finn |date=2017-08-29 |title=Andrew Paley – Solo Album Sirens – Second Hand News |url=http://secondhandtouring.nz/2017/08/andrew-paley-solo-album-sirens/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |language=en-US}} However, Paley largely turned his attention back to The Static Age and didn't pursue solo work for a number of years.{{Cite web |date=2016-10-28 |title=Andrew Paley streams first single "Come Home" • Punk Rock Theory |url=https://www.punkrocktheory.com/news/andrew-paley-streams-first-single-come-home |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Punk Rock Theory |language=en}} During this time, he continued to record songs on his own, but didn't release them.

In late 2014, Paley collected a set of songs from his home recording sessions and released an EP Songs for Dorian Gray on Flix Records/Cargo{{Cite web |title=Andrew Paley: Songs For Dorian Gray |url=https://www.visions.de/review/andrew-paley-songs-for-dorian-gray/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=VISIONS.de |language=de-DE}} and toured in Europe with Garrett Klahn of Texas Is the Reason, Karl Larsson of Last Days of April, and Northcote.{{Cite web |date=2014-11-22 |title=The Static Age - Frontmann Andrew Paley veröffentlicht "Songs for Dorian Gray" |url=http://www.underdog-fanzine.de/2014/11/22/the-static-age-frontmann-andrew-paley-ver%C3%B6ffentlicht-songs-for-dorian-gray/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Underdog Fanzine |language=de-DE}} Additional solo tours in Europe, the US and Brazil followed in 2015 and 2016 alongside Adam Rubenstein (of Chamberlain) and The Lion and The Wolf.{{Cite web |title=Andrew Paley Streams New Album SIRENS Exclusively Via idobi Radio |url=https://www.thisfunktional.com/2016/11/andrew-paley-streams-new-album-sirens.html |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Thisfunktional |language=en}} In 2016, Paley also made his first appearance at The Fest in Gainesville, Florida.{{Cite web |date=2016-05-14 |title=The Fest 15 Full Lineup Announced – ReadJunk.com |url=https://www.readjunk.com/news/music/the-fest-15-full-lineup-announced/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.readjunk.com |language=en-US}}

In November 2016, Paley released his second album, Sirens, on Paper + Plastick in North America and Makemyday Records in Europe.{{Cite web |last=Noise |first=XS |date=2016-12-08 |title=Track Of The Day: Andrew Paley - 'Let Me Go' {{!}} XS Noize {{!}} Latest Music News |url=https://www.xsnoize.com/track-of-the-day-andrew-paley-let-me-go/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.xsnoize.com |language=en-GB}} The album combined the songs from Songs for Dorian Gray with four new recordings.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

The following year, Paley toured Japan for the first time with Garrett Klahn and The Lion and the Wolf.{{Cite web |last=Punknews.org |date=2016-12-02 |title=Tours: Garrett Klahn to go on Japanese tour |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/62516/tours-garrett-klahn-to-go-on-japanese-tour |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.punknews.org |language=en}} The video for Paley's song "Come Home" (from Sirens) documents the trip.{{Cite web |last= |date=2017-04-20 |title=Tender alt indie rocker Andrew Paley release new video "Come Home"; hits the road with BRAID's Bob Nanna - IDIOTEQ.com |url=https://idioteq.com/tender-alt-indie-rocker-andrew-paley/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |language=en-US}} Paley then returned to Europe multiple times alongside Bob Nanna and Arms & Hearts.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2017-11-20 |title=Already Heard EP Premiere: Arms & Hearts - Fortitude EP |url=https://www.alreadyheard.com/already-heard-ep-premiere-arms-hearts/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Already Heard |language=en-GB}} Throughout, Paley was writing in his home studio between tours{{Cite web |last=Gunnar |date=2020-11-06 |title=Cross-Interview with BILLY LIAR and ANDREW PALEY » AWAY FROM LIFE |url=https://www.magazine.awayfromlife.com/cross-interview-with-billy-liar-and-andrew-paley/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=AWAY FROM LIFE |language=de-DE}} as well as touring with The Static Age.{{Cite web |last=Punknews.org |date=2016-06-28 |title=Tours: The Static Age to tour eastern Europe and Russia |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/61143/tours-the-static-age-to-tour-eastern-europe-and-russia |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.punknews.org |language=en}} He also contributed a cover of Elliott Smith's "Waltz #2" to the tribute album A Brief Smile on Funk Turry Funk.{{Cite web |last= |date=2017-05-21 |title="A Brief Smile" - Tribute To Elliott Smith premiere - IDIOTEQ.com |url=https://idioteq.com/a-brief-smile-tribute-to-elliott-smith/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |language=en-US}}

In 2018, Paley returned to Europe for tours with Ducking Punches and Emperor X. In December of that year, one of Paley's collaborations with electronic musician StayLoose, a song called "Let Go", was released on Steve Aoki’s record label, Dim Mak.{{Cite web |last=Hartshorn |first=Tori |title=StayLoose Releases Future Bass Stunner LET GO Feat. Andrew Paley |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/StayLoose-Releases-Future-Bass-Stunner-LET-GO-Feat-Andrew-Paley-20181207 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}

In October 2019, Paley began to release singles that were to build up to an album release in early 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-10-30 |title=Andrew Paley mit "Scattered Light" – Rockszene.de |url=https://www.rockszene.de/news/5048-zwischen-post-punk-und-elektro-pop-andrew-paley-kuendigt-solo-album-an.html |access-date=2023-06-12 |archive-date=2020-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030202941/https://www.rockszene.de/news/5048-zwischen-post-punk-und-elektro-pop-andrew-paley-kuendigt-solo-album-an.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} The first single, "Caroline", was released on October 4 (with an accompanying video created by Paige Duché of Lucy Daydream).{{Citation |title=Andrew Paley - Caroline (Official Lyric Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaTQR5QF6gI |access-date=2023-06-12 |language=en}} Around this time, a tour with Italy's HÅN was announced for March 2020,{{Cite web |title=ANDREW PALEY - mit neuer EP auf Tour |url=https://www.allschools.de/news/show/ANDREW_PALEY_-_mit_neuer_EP_auf_Tour_1580343433039 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Allschools}} though it was subsequently canceled due to COVID-19.{{Cite web |last=Lopez |first=Nicholas Jason |date=2020-04-23 |title=Music Bugle Exclusive – Q & A – Andrew Paley |url=https://themusicbugle.com/2020/04/23/music-bugle-exclusive-q-a-andrew-paley/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=The Music Bugle |language=en-US}}

Right around the cancellation of that tour, Paley released another single, "Give Up", with an accompanying video created by Paley via generative AI.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Sean |date=2020-09-01 |title=Musician Andrew Paley Creates AI Videos: "Collaborating with a Machine Fit the Moment" |url=https://www.redherring.com/north-america/musician-andrew-paley-creates-ai-videos-collaborating-with-a-machine-fit-the-moment/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Red Herring |language=en-US}} A fourth single "Stay Safe" (with B-side "Straight into Night") then followed in July, and a fifth, "Sequels", came out in early October. Both "Stay Safe" and "Sequels" were accompanied by videos Paley had leveraged generative AI models to create, but "Sequels" was different from the earlier experiments and featured dozens of clips from films in which the actors' lips were re-synced through the use of AI such that they appear to sing along.{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-11-20 |title=Singer/songwriter Andrew Paley hacks cult movies for new video "Sequels" and announces Split 7" with Days N Daze - IDIOTEQ.com |url=https://idioteq.com/singer-songwriter-andrew-paley-hacks-cult-movies-for-new-video-sequels-and-announces-split-7-with-days-n-daze/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |language=en-US}}

Following this string of digital singles, Paley's third solo full-length, Scattered Light, was released digitally in October 2020 on Highwires. A vinyl edition came out in Summer 2021.{{Cite web |last=Redaktion |date=2021-01-06 |title=Andrew Paley veröffentlicht limitierte LP von "Scattered Light" {{!}} vinyl-keks.eu |url=https://vinyl-keks.eu/andrew-paley-veroeffentlicht-limitierte-lp-von-scattered-light/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |language=de-DE}}

In December 2020, Paley released a split single with folk punk band Days N' Daze on which Days N' Daze cover Paley's song "Caroline".{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-03-02 |title=Days N Daze / Andrew Paley split goes up this Friday via Flail Records and SBÄM Records - IDIOTEQ.com |url=https://idioteq.com/days-n-daze-andrew-paley-split-goes-up-this-friday-via-flail-records-and-sbam-records/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |language=en-US}} This was then followed in 2021 by another collaboration with StayLoose on Dim Mak, "Cold Comfort", as well as a remix EP featuring remixes from OMAS and Arkayne, and a few shows with Days N' Daze and Bridge City Sinners.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-30 |title=Andrew Paley Interviews Bridge City Sinners, Announces Tour Dates • Bad Copy |url=https://thebadcopy.com/interviews/andrew-paley-interviews-bridge-city-sinners-announces-tour-dates/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Bad Copy |language=en-US}} This was followed by the release of a collaboration with synthwave artist Dryve on the song "Dead Air" in 2022.{{Citation |title=DRYVE - Dead Air (ft Andrew Paley) (official audio) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZpgyPAEYb0 |access-date=2023-06-12 |language=en}}

According to social media posts, Paley is working on the follow-up to Scattered Light and additional collaborations as of Spring 2023.

Paley has collaborated with a number of other artists, most notably with electronic musician StayLoose on "Let Go" and "Cold Comfort" both released on Dim Mak (along with a "Cold Comfort" remix EP) and synthwave artist Dryve on "Dead Air". Other collaborators include The Lion and the Wolf (who sang backing vocals on Paley's song "Come Home") and the band Days N' Daze who covered Paley's song "Caroline" for a compilation associated with The Fest{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=BrooklynVegan|date=2020-12-23 |title=Days N Daze's Jesse Sendejas talks favorite music, TV & more of 2020 |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/days-n-dazes-jesse-sendejas-talks-favorite-music-tv-more-of-2020/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en}} and then released a split 7" with Paley in December 2020 on Flail Records and SBÄM.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title=Whitney Flynn / Days N Daze – ColoradoPunkRockArmy.com |url=http://coloradopunkrockarmy.com/2021/01/04/whitney-flynn-days-n-daze/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |archive-date=2022-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519023640/http://coloradopunkrockarmy.com/2021/01/04/whitney-flynn-days-n-daze/ |url-status=bot: unknown }} Paley also sang backup vocals on Bane's The Note album.{{Citation |title=Bane - The Note |date=2005 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/311178-Bane-The-Note |access-date=2023-06-12 |language=en}}

Outside of music, Paley is also an artificial intelligence researcher and engineer who works in the space of natural language processing, human-information interfaces, and generative art.{{Cite web |title=Bringing Human-Machine Collaboration to Music Videos |url=https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2020/11/bringing-human-machine-collaboration-to-music-videos.html |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Northwestern Engineering |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Andrew Paley: The Graduate School - Northwestern University |url=https://www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-people/spotlight/andrew-paley.html |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.tgs.northwestern.edu |language=en}} To date, he has produced three music videos that incorporate AI-generated animation which became available on YouTube in 2020.{{Cite web |title=Andrew Paley - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/c/andrewpaley |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.youtube.com}} He is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Northwestern University and is an author on multiple publications and patents.{{Cite web |title=Andrew Paley |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4dsujKgAAAAJ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=scholar.google.com}}

Paley is politically progressive and a longtime supporter of Bernie Sanders, and he has performed at rallies for and with Sanders (with The Static Age).

{{See also|The Static Age}}

• White Rooms (2011 - Highwires)
• Sirens (2016 - Paper + Plastick / Makemyday Records)
• Scattered Light (2020 - Highwires)

• Songs for Dorian Gray (2014 - Flix Records / Cargo)

• Caroline (2019 - Highwires)
• One Match Fire (2019 - Highwires)
• Give Up (2020 - Highwires)
• Stay Safe / Straight Into Night (2020 - Highwires)
• Sequels (2020 - Highwires)

• Let Go (with StayLoose) (2018 - Dim Mak)
• Cold Comfort (with StayLoose) (2021 - Dim Mak)
• Cold Comfort EP w/ Remixes (with StayLoose, OMAS, Arkayne, Mona San) (2022 - Dim Mak)
• Dead Air (with Dryve) (2022)

• Caroline (with Days N' Daze) (2020 - Flail Records / SBÄM)

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