Paper Tiger – “False Hopes” – [Doomtree Records]

A batch of moody beats and grooves from this one-man project, a member of the Minnesota hip hop collective Doomtree. It’s instrumental for the most part, except for the melancholy final track, which has actual lyrics and a female singer throughout. The other tracks are decorated here and there with vocal fragments. This CD is well done and enjoyable, but, well, it doesn’t say a whole lot to me; an hour after hearing it, I can’t remember much about it. I’m not really up to speed on Doomtree’s scene, but I am definitely interested; I’d like to hear Paper Tiger working with their MCs and such.