Pale Saints

Pale Saints – The Comforts of Madness (30th Anniversary Reissue) (1990/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:08 minutes | 1,69 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock, Dreampop, Shoegaze
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © 4AD

On the eve of a post-Thatcherite Britain, the Pale Saints, alongside the likes of Lush, Ride and Slowdive, were ushering in a new wave of British indie. And in 4AD, they found a perfect home for their music – an exciting & undeniable meld of noise and dream-pop.

Their debut album, The Comforts of Madness, didn’t disappoint, now standing as one of the best of its era. Pitchfork placed it in their Best 50 Shoegaze Albums Of All Time saying, “There’s a restless urgency, particularly when the volume swells and the rhythms intensify. That energy not only keeps (it) vital, it emphasizes Pale Saints’ inventiveness, how they channelled softness and rage into something distinctive.”

Nearly 30 years on and The Comforts of Madness is finally getting the reissue treatment. Having been remastered, a faithful LP repress on black vinyl is being released as well as double CD and double clear vinyl editions, both of which come with a bonus disc of previously unreleased demos and the band’s only John Peel Session, recorded in 1989.
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Pale Saints – In Ribbons (30th Anniversary Reissue) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:36:01 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Indie Rock, Dreampop, Shoegaze
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © 4AD

The 1990 debut album from Pale Saints, The Comforts of Madness, is an outstanding record that owed as much to post-punk and L.A.’s Paisley Underground scene than it did to shoegaze. The Sunday Times called it “an unintended indie manifesto: music that is at once wayward and concise, dissonant and beautiful.” Shortly after its release and in need of a second live guitarist, Lush founding member Meriel Barham joined the Leeds trio of Ian Masters, Graeme Naysmith and Chris Cooper, bringing a new dynamic to the band.

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