This week’s featured record is ‘New Place‘, the third studio album from Totnes, UK indie pop/indie rock band Pale Blue Eyes.
With an immersive atmosphere, New Place dazzles with its catchy vocals, ethereal guitars, synth swirls, subtle percussions, and deep bass. The record is an invocation of fresh horizons; and arrives on the back of extensive and emotional transit.
“Change is a theme throughout the new 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.”
“The album comes with a new landscape,” says Matt, summing up. “We were in new surroundings with new city sounds – a bit overwhelming for me, but also exciting. I hope the result is uplifting, driving, a perpetual forward motion.”
There are new sounds but also a steadfast Krautrock influence, alongside some of the band’s other favourite moods and flavours. The album reflects the end of an era and embracing new beginnings in a new place.
Favourite tracks: The Dreamer, Pieces of You, On The Surface, Rituals, Our Lost Words, Be There…
New PLace is out now via the band’s Broadcast Recordings label. Get it here and stream it below.
“New Place” Tracklist:
- How Long Is Now
- Scrolling
- Pieces of You
- On The Surface
- The Dreamer
- Travel Day
- Rituals
- Our Lost Words
- Now And Again
- Be There
- Half Light
And here’s a short film of the making of the album.
Pale Blue Eyes are singer and guitarist Matthew Board, drummer and synth queen Lucy Board and bassist Aubrey Simpson. Born of a cross-pollination between Totnes and Sheffield, they 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 fascination 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 Aubrey at South Devon’s Sea Change festival.
Photo courtesy of PBE
