Lisa Papineau

Lisa Papineau is a songwriter from New England. She has released four solo albums and is songwriter and vocalist for Los Angeles band Big Sir. Papineau is a frequent collaborator of Japanese composer Jun Miyake and has also loaned her vocals and/ or songwriting to other bands, including Air, M83, Halo Orbit, ME & LP, Renaud-Gabriel Pion , Jam Da Silva, Dinho Ouro Preto, Anubian Lights, Farflung, P.O.D., Omar Rodríguez-López, Scapegoat Wax, Scenario Rock, Arman Méliès, Mandrake, Sissy Bar and Crooked Cowboy and the Freshwater Indians. Papineau received initial recognition when her band Pet, co-founded with composer Tyler Bates, was featured on The Crow: City of Angels soundtrack, and then the Blue Note Records soundtrack for the film The Last Time I Committed Suicide. Pet's self-titled album was executive-produced by Tori Amos.Papineau suffers from multiple sclerosis. She holds a first degree black belt in karate-do.