The Paper Scissors

The Paper Scissors
Left to right- Jai Pyne, Ivan Lisyak and Xavier Naughton.
Background information
Origin	Sydney, Australia
Labels	Our First Label, Sandcastle Music, Dramatico Publishing
Members	Jai Pyne Xavier Naughton Ivan Lisyak
Past members	Bryce Stacker Tom Hespe

The Paper Scissors were an Australian rock band that existed between 2005-2012. The last lineup consisted of Jai Pyne, Xavier Naughton and Ivan Lisyak. Their sound was described as "a combination of garage-punk, rock and soul". Australian music site Polaroids of Androids described them as "undoubtedly one of Sydney's finest bands of the past decade"

The band released a self-titled EP in 2006 on their independent label Our First Label, which was distributed by MGM distribution. The lead track "We Don't Walk" was picked up by Sydney Community FBi Radio and by national broadcaster Triple J. "We Don't Walk" has since been used on the Underbelly on the Nine Network, as well as on an advertisement for Unwired Australia, an internet service provider.

The band released their debut album Less Talk More Paper Scissors (LTMPS) in 2007 on Our First Label. The album was well received by the Australian press, The Sydney Magazine featured it as album of the month September 2007. Lead single "Yamanote Line" which takes its name from a train line in Tokyo, Japan was described by Sacha Molitorisz as "the best song ever written. Truly" and received high rotation on Triple J. Yamanote Line was also broadcast on BBC 6.
LTMPS also featured the song Tipped Hat which was featured on a Riva Coffee commercial.Richard Kingsmill mentioned the band's use of advertising stating "it’s a huge revenue stream – it’s huge exposure" in an article in Tsunami Magazine, a Brisbane publication. The band were also asked to host and program Rage, the ABC Television's music video show.
In 2008, the band were asked to cover a song of their choice for The Rewind Project which was initiated by Buffet Libre, a group of Spanish Dj's. They covered Hall & Oates' 1981 song 'I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)'.

After the release of LTMPS, the band promoted the album extensively, touring throughout Australia. They played numerous festivals such as Parklife Festival, The Playground Weekender Festival,Southbound, St Kilda Festival, The Great Escape and Falls Festival. In 2008 they embarked on a national co-headline tour with fellow Sydney act bluejuice.