History of Paper Aeroplanes

Paper Aeroplanes are an alternative pop band from West Wales who properly formed around 2009, although both members have been playing together since 2003. Richard Llewellyn from Ceredigion and Sarah Howells from Pembrokeshire were both formerly part of the Cardiff-based band ‘Halflight’. The BBC described them as ‘a west coast, easy-riding, folk-ish indie with pop sensibility’. Richard was also formerly a member of ‘Cartoon’, while Sarah was part of a rock/riot girl band called ‘Jylt’.

At the end of 2008, they joined forces with the Autonomy Music Group, where in January 2009 they worked with John Reynolds on two singles that were taken from the album ‘The Day We Ran Into The Sea’, which was released in 2010. Since its release they have made the Radio 2 playlist and supported acts as varied as Ron Sexsmith, Ed Sheeran, Marina and the Diamonds and Chris Wood, as well as securing a live session with the legendary Bob Harris.