Biography

Atlanta-based artist Paul Warner has spent more than two decades exploring the space between atmospheric songwriting and guitar-driven alternative rock. Known for his intimate, raspy vocals, layered harmonies and expressive guitar work, Warner creates music that moves between quiet introspection and expansive, cinematic arrangements.

His musical journey began with an obsession with electric guitar, fronting several rock bands throughout his teens and early twenties. Over time, an increasing fascination with recording and production led him beyond the guitar, becoming a multi-instrumentalist proficient on piano, drums, bass, lap steel and cello.

In 2010, Warner released his debut album, Deadly Waterparks, co-produced by Ben Holst. The record led to a management and licensing deal in Los Angeles and established his distinctive approach to songwriting and production. His sophomore album, Planetarium, followed in 2014, expanding his sound and exploring increasingly imaginative musical territory.

A vocal injury subsequently interrupted his solo recording career, leading him to concentrate on producing records for other artists, including Tim McNary's Above the Trees and Jesse Tyler's Young Like the Worry. What began as a detour eventually developed into a parallel career in filmmaking.

In 2018, Warner began directing the live music series Live at the Print Shop, bringing his experience as a musician and record producer behind the camera. Through the series, he has produced and mixed live recordings featuring artists including Drivin' n Cryin', Collective Soul, Shawn Mullins, David Ryan Harris, Marc Broussard, Angie Aparo and The White Buffalo.

His own music videos have become an increasingly important extension of his songwriting. Elaborate stories of space travel, scientific experiments, love and escape allow Warner to explore the same ideas through music and film, sometimes taking his songs into unexpected territory.

His more recent musical explorations have included atmospheric rock interpretations of pop songs, including Billie Eilish's When the Party's Over, and Hotel Roxy, a project revisiting songs written during his earliest years as a songwriter. Re-recorded through the lens of his later experience as a producer and multi-instrumentalist, the material bridges two distinct periods of his musical life.

As his creative interests evolve, Warner continues to look beyond familiar themes of love and heartbreak toward darker, more speculative territory: technological collapse, imagined futures, the nature of reality and what might exist beyond death.