The Papertiger Sound is a transatlantic project created in 2006 by Dan Gelder who is from England's Eastern shore. Hailing from the Eastern shores of Canada, Kerstin Wilson later joined when both Dan and Kerstin were living in Leeds later that year. 

In June 2008 the EP ‘This Is How It Ends’ was released a very small quantity was pressed onto CD and came in numbered handmade packaging by Dan. In October 2008 'This is How it Ends' was re-released through the Egress record label. In December 2008 the song ‘Green’ from the ‘This is How It Ends’ ep is released by the Shifty Disco record label as a download only single.

March 2009 marked the release of the free EP, “Tiny Robot Love” on the duo’s own label, Auteur Recordings. The mini-album, “The Last Days Are Taking Forever” was released via the Hungry Audio label in May 2009. Since then, Dan and Kerstin have been working on their full-length album, “Atlantic Wires”. This will be available for exclusive download on their website, www.thepapertigersound.com on February 26th, 2010.