‘New Place’, the third studio album from Pale Blue Eyes, is out now. The band will embark upon a UK tour this April.
Earlier this month, Pale Blue Eyes shared their third full length offering, ’New Place’, on their label, Broadcast Recordings. The album was described as a re-invention of the “21st-century pop landscape” by Now Then and “polished yet never losing the DIY feel” by Indie Is Not A Genre. Now, the band are planning to take it out on the road.
Beginning at Thekla in Bristol on 3rd April, Pale Blue Eyes will embark upon a run of headline UK dates this spring. The tour includes stops at a number of beloved venues across the country, including Manchester’s Gorilla, London’s Islington Assembly Hall, and the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds. All dates can be found below.
About Pale Blue Eyes
Born of a cross-pollination between Totnes and Sheffield, Pale Blue Eyes have been steadily grafting over a number of years to exact their modernist pop vision.
At the ship’s helm, Matt and Lucy Board are a genuine marriage of two stylistic perspectives, each bringing unique sonic tropes to the table. It is the pair’s fasination with DIY ethic, retro synths and reminiscence that truly fuels their sound world, calling upon nostalgia and a captivating optimism. The third part of the Pale Blue Eyes triad arrived when Matt and Lucy met bassist Aubrey Simpson at South Devon’s Sea Change festival.
They’ve received playlisting on BBC Radio 6 Music, played two Riley sessions, toured extensively in the UK and Europe, supported GOAT, Slowdive, Sea Power, The Editors, Public Service Broadcasting, FEWS and more. And earlier this month, they released their third record on their own imprint, Broadcast Recordings. As with the first two albums, ’New Place’ was produced by the band and final mixed and mastered by Dean Honer.
About ‘New Place’
The third album from Pale Blue Eyes is called ‘New Place’ — invocation of fresh horizons; swapping creamy Devon for the synth central of Sheffield. The album arrives on the back of extensive and emotional transit. For PBE, 2024 started with a wonderful tour of 12 European countries with Slowdive. Over 12,000 kilometres. Snow and deep cold in Norway and Poland. Drought-stricken landscapes in France and Spain. On and on, joyously so.
The year’s end brought more movement for the married couple at the core of Pale Blue Eyes, singer and guitarist Matt Board and drummer and synth queen Lucy Board. Sadly, family tragedy catalysed a move from South Devon to South Yorkshire. “Change is a theme throughout the album,” says Lucy, “It’s about being in a new place, starting again but reflecting on the journey and what and who got us to this place. It’s a celebration of making it to this point and starting again.”
That new start is fully manifested on Pale Blue Eyes’ new album, released on the band’s Broadcast Recordings label. Return single “How Long Is Now” brought uplifting synth carousels and was titled after a Berlin mural and art installation. On “Pieces of You”, gorgeously deliquescent guitar ripples out over Matt’s distinctive tenor voice. “Be There” is meditative, delivate, with guest vocals from Racheal Swinton of Glasgow electronic-rock duo Cloth. Aubrey made his own fretless bass which features on “Seven Years”.
“The new album comes with a new landscape,” says Matt…“I hope the result is uplifting. The album reflects the end of an era and embracing new beginnings. But when we were unpacking in our new house in Sheffield we found an old slide projector that had belonged to my mum and Dad. We spent hours looking through the old 35mm slides and decided to use one for the album cover. The album arrives on the back of extensive and emotional transit, a record of time reflecting on a lifetime of memories – but now beside a world of new beginnings.”
Pale Blue Eyes UK Tour Dates
Thu 3rd April – Thekla, Bristol
Fri 4th April – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Sat 5th April – Room 2, Glasgow
Sun 6th April – Bodega, Nottingham
Tue 8th April – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
Wed 9th April – Gorilla, Manchester
Fri 11th April – Dust, Brighton
Sat 12th April – Phoenix, Exeter
Sun 13th April – Esquires, Bedford
Wed 16th April – The Bullingdon, Oxford
Thu 17th April – Islington Assembly Hall, London
Tickets: https://bnds.us/t3rjqp
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