Papercuts - Do You Really Wanna Know

What this video is

Released in 2011 on Sub Pop Records as part of Papercuts' fourth album Fading Parade, 'Do You Really Wanna Know' emerged at the height of the early-2010s indie dream pop resurgence centered on the West Coast. The project is the creative vehicle of San Francisco-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Jason Robert Quever, whose sound blends 1960s psychedelic pop influences — The Zombies, Love, The Beach Boys — with…

Why it matters

As the opening track and lead single from Fading Parade, 'Do You Really Wanna Know' is a defining artifact of the Sub Pop dream pop moment circa 2011, demonstrating how the label's post-grunge identity had fully transformed into a home for atmospheric, reverb-saturated indie pop. The track and…