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On set for “You Play Indie Music”
Matthew Devereux, Mark Cantwell
Video director Mark Cantwell gets up close and personal with Matthew on the set of “You Play Indie Music”
The Pale | Darren Flynn | July 10, 2009 12:48 pm | Comments (0)
Eamon Carr interviews Matthew Devereux
IT’S BEYOND THE PALE
One of Dublin’s quirkiest bands are bigger in Budapest than they are at home
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Why Go Bald, The Pale’s debut album titled after Dublin’s iconic neon sign, was released in 1990. A few years later the band enjoyed their biggest success with Dogs With No Tails, which became a Euro hit again in 2001 when covered by a Turkish ska band.
Perversely, The Pale’s mainman Matthew Devereux was operating below rock’s critical radar until the release over the last few years of two impressive albums on the excellent label, 1969 Records.
“I’ve been threatening to make these records for quite a while,” says Devereux. “I’ve got OCD when it comes to songwriting. For each record I produce 40 tracks and keep breaking it down until I find a theme or family group. I like a song to be slightly like a cousin. I’m a fan of the classic songwriters like (Nick) Cave. I’ll recognise a song and say, ‘That’s a cousin of another song because it has that gammy eye or quintessential red hair.’ I theme-ise the songs.” Read more »
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The Pale, interview | Darren Flynn | June 16, 2009 7:56 pm | Comments (1)
Proper Order – Reviews
METRO Newspaper, Thurs 21st May, 2009
Proper Order
1969records
Review by Eamon de Paor **** 4/5 starsFrom the unexpected return of Blur to the surprisingly convincing resurrection of Take That and Boyzone, 1990s nostalgia is heavy in the air at the moment – so it’s probably as good a time as ever for The Pale to release the best album of their career.
Still dogged by the ‘wacky’ tag that has followed them since their once inescapable 1992 hit Dogs with no Tails, the Dublin four-piece long ago grew into a more mature and interesting proposition (without abandoning that trademark mandolin) – and Proper Order offers irrefutable proof that sometimes musicians are at their most articulate in their autumn years. Read more »
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New Releases, Reviews, The Pale | Darren Flynn | May 21, 2009 1:12 pm | Comments Off
Proper Order
| ‘Proper Order’ buy online now @ 1969records.com.
Listen to sample tracks below: |
Proper Order is the brand new album from The Pale released by 1969 Records.. Following on from 2007′s Contents of a Shipwreck, Proper Order started the greatest adventure the band have embarked on so far, with the genesis of the album beginning in eastern europe and concluding in Ireland. Proper Order clocks in at under thirty minutes long and hence contains some of the band’s most concise and precise song writing yet. Tracks include You Play Indie Music, Lights out Boys, Jump and Proper Order itself and we were all delighted with the tougher sound of the band owing in part to Darren Flynn’s production and Matthew moving on to a chunky Fender telecaster for some of the bigger tracks. |
“Where can I get it?”
You can order the CD, which includes a 12 page booklet containing lyrics of all songs, from 1969records.com. The record is distributed by RMG and available in all good record stores nationwide. For digital downloads you can get the MP3′s now from 7digital.com
The Pale | admin | April 26, 2009 10:42 pm | Comments (0)
The First Delivery
This Hot Press cover is from the around the time of the very first full album “Here’s One We Made Earlier” in 1992.
The Photo was taken by the very talented photographer Chris Nash.
The cover features Shane Wearen on the bottom left, Sean Molloy on the bottom right and Matthew Devereux in the middle.
The Pale, Visuals | admin | April 24, 2009 1:14 am | Comments (6)
It’s 7am again lads!
Joe and Steve Wall share a Czech sunrise with Matthew
We caught up with Joe and Steve Wall last year while on tour in the Czech Republic and, as Irishmen do the world over when they meet up on tour, we shared a few beers after the gigs. How quickly 7am arrives when you’re having the craic with the lads . . .
Coincidentally, The Walls are back touring in Czech Rep and Austria as this is posted. Best of luck guys!
The Pale | Darren Flynn | April 23, 2009 2:24 am | Comments (0)
New Album Art
The Pale - Proper Order
We are particularly pleased with the new album artwork as many hours went into it’s conception and realisation. And while it was partly a collaborative effort, the majority of the perspiration and inspiration came from our designer/artist extrodinaire Marguerite McEntee, ably assisted of course by Matthew.
And just to complete the unveilings, here’s the running order on the record: -
- We Were First On
- You Play Indie Music
- Stop It, I Might Like It
- Chocolate Factory
- Catholic Credit Card
- Lights Out Boys
- Jump
- Proper Order
- Beauty In The Riot
- Paris In The 21st Century
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New Releases, The Pale, Visuals | | April 22, 2009 4:30 pm | Comments (7)
St Patrick’s Day in Waterford
Hello from Waterford
The crowd assembles just before we go onstage . . .
We played a couple of gigs on St Patrick’s Day in Waterford and Cashel to help along the festivities in the Southeast. A glorious day brought everyone out in force for what turned out to be a good old fashioned knees up. Many thanks to all who came along to dance and to all who gave us a great reception.
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The Pale | Darren Flynn | March 18, 2009 5:41 pm | Comments (1)
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