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The Pale - An Autograph For My Dad Dogwithnotail 110 views This is Matthew Devereux with an acoustic performance of "An Autograph For My Dad" filmed at the Patrick Kavanagh monument in Dublin. The video was shot by Darragh Byrne w...
The Pale - Company Of Wolves Dogwithnotail 373 views This is Matthew Devereux with an acoustic performance of "Company Of Wolves" filmed outside The Icon Factory in Dublin. The video was shot by Darragh Byrne with the assi...
The Pale - Lights Out Boys Dogwithnotail 539 views Directed By: Matthew Devereux and Martin Pavel Camera: Martin Pavel Editor: Mark Cantwell Cast: Matthew Devereux Shane Wearen Darren Flynn Andy O' Brien Aiden O' Grady ...
The Pale - You Play Indie Music (Version 2) Dogwithnotail 303 views This Music Video For "You Play Indie Music" Was Shot By Mark Cantwell In Dublin In The Summer Of 2009.This Song Is From The Pale Album "Proper Order" Which Was Released By ...
The Pale - You Play Indie Music Dogwithnotail 156 views This Music Video For "You Play Indie Music" Was Shot By Mark Cantwell In Dublin In The Summer Of 2009.This Song Is From The Pale Album "Proper Order" Which Was Released By ...
The Pale - Elizabeth Sna Bratoga ( Sang in the Gaeltacht ) Dogwithnotail 1,188 views This is a video of the kids from The Gaeltacht singing and blowing airhorns along to Elizabeth In Rags By The Pale. They learned the song in Irish during the Summer in The ...
The Pale - Elizabeth In Rags ( Irish version ) Dogwithnotail 1,968 views This is an Irish translation of The Pale single "Elizabeth In Rags" which was released by 1969 records." Elizabeth Sna Bratoga" is featured on the Irish langauge compilatio...
The Pale - Good Ship Dogwithnotail 4,559 views Filmed By Mark Cantwell in Bewleys Of Dublin in Ireland. This song is from " The Final Garden " E.P By The Pale which was released on Devereux Records. The band members in ...
The Pale - Shut Up Venus Dogwithnotail 15,843 views Filmed In London By English Director Jamie Thraves in 1993. This was the third single from The Pale taking from the album " Heres One We Made Earlier ". The band members ...
Matthew Devereux-Russian Space Race Auction Dogwithnotail 1,026 views This song is from the Matthew Devereux E.P " Russian Space Race Auction". The video was directed by Mark Cantwell.

About The Pale

Alternative Music Group From Dublin Ireland

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Dec 15, 2011

Date Joined

Aug 2, 2006

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The Pale - Brief Biog

Formed in Dublin in 1991,The Pale began with a unique and unusual style recording a mini album called "Why Go Bald?" which grabbed the attention of both the public and record companies alike. They soon signed on the dotted line with A&M Records and in 1992 The Pale released an award winning debut album (Hot Press awards 1992; Best Single award for Butterfly and Best Album Production) called Heres one we made earlier.

Three singles from this debut soon followed ("Dogs With No Tails", "Butterfly" and "Shut Up Venus") launching the band on an international trek which took them the length and breadth of the UK, mainland Europe, Scandinavia and as far afield as Japan and the USA taking in many festivals including Glastonbury and Transmusicales.

1994 saw the band depart from the world of major record companies to pursue a more independent path by creating their own label. The vehicle of Gudenfast Records was to carry the hopes of the band for the next three albums, Cheapside (1996), Cripplegate (1997) and Spudgun (1998), which was enough for the band to see out the remainder of the twentieth century.

Lead Singer Matthew Devereux released a solo record called "Tap Tap Tap"(2003) on the highly respected dance label Psychonavigation Records. In typical Pale fashion this album was in the improbable genre of experimental electronica. Normal service resumed for The Pale when they released "Lonely Space Age"(2004) followed by a comprehensive tour schedule. So it was with a newfound determination that The Pale launched into a new stage of their career releasing The Final Garden EP on Devereux Records in 2005, which gave a hint of the musical and lyrical torrent to come.

The Pale found a new home with the excellent Irish independent label "1969 Records".
They have so far released two well-respected albums on this label "The Contents Of A Shipwreck"(2007) and "Proper Order"(2009). These albums saw The Pale grow into a more mature an even more interesting proposition. In place of their former quirkiness, the band have cultivated an elegant new sound offering irrefutable proof that sometimes musicians are at their most articulate in their autumn years.

The Pales music has always remained accessible with natural pop tendencies,
but some hilarious terms have been coined along the way in a vain effort to describe an elusive sound that is more esoteric than most of their contemporaries. Polk (a fusion of punk and folk), zoukibilly (rockabilly with bouzoukis) and punkranian are just a few of the phrases conjured up by some of the more inventive journalists. Tom Waits at a Bar Mitzvah, quipped one enthusiastic scribe, while another equally inventive journalist likened the experience of a Pale gig to that of seeing a Ukrainian wedding band on acid.

Over the last twenty years, The Pale have also had the pleasure of supporting some very eclectic acts most notably The Frames, Antony and the Johnsons and The Beautiful South. The band have also worked with many different musicians who have added some interesting ingredients to the Pale sound, while the mainstay of the group has remained Matthew Devereux (Vocals), Shane Wearen (Mandolin) and Darren Flynn (Bass).

Indeed, if necessity is the mother of invention, then The Pale have always found it necessary to think outside the box. In an effort to satiate their broad musical leanings The Pale has used many different traditional instruments. Mandolin, bouzouki, Turkish oud, banjo, viola and sitar have all made an appearance on Pale recordings, but not always played in the traditional way.

The songs are literate, lyrical and passionate. You will certainly remember the sound of The Pale, once you hear it.

A brand new album from The Pale called "I Woke Up And I Was Gone" was recently recorded in the Czech republic and will be released in 2010.
www.thepale.ie
www.myspace.com/thepaleie

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