Inspired by Coleridge’s opium-induced reverie, “Kubla Khan,” Nedelle Torrisi named her band Paradise to evoke a perfect place, the opposite of hell— a place where, as the poem describes, a person exists in perfect harmony with their creativity. 　　Torrisi’s Paradise is a place of innocence before cynicism, one where love is still king. Her music embraces romantic sentiments and an intimate earnestness that invites listeners to abandon their own sense of self consciousness. 　　 　　In Paradise’s music, Torrisi writes love songs that long to fulfill the unfinished figures of a lover’s fleeting thoughts and utterances. In A Lover’s Discourse, Roland Barthes wrote that "The lover speaks in bundles…but does not integrate these sentences on a higher level…but all together they make up the love story." With Paradise, Torrisi weaves these unresolved emotions and stories into love songs. 　　 　　I Love Thousands Every Summer is Paradise’s first release. 　　 　　"Blissful...a heavenly track" - Stereogum 　　 　　"Free of ampersands, collaborators, and compromises, Paradise is the work of a woman in love with pop and jazz in equal parts, and finally free to follow her twisted musical inclinations wherever they might lead." - Interview Magazine 　　 　　"Nedelle Torrisi...has a guileless voice, an instrument of earnest pleasure and petition." - Nate Chinen, The New York Times 　　 　　"Nedelle Torrisi’s voice carries the uncomplicated clarity of a 1950s movie musical, shimmering to a soft vibrato, triggering a beauty that is as bold as it is matter-of-fact." - Sufjan Stevens