Pale Blue Eyes are one of the headline bands along with Sea Power, Benefits, House of All, Evil Blizzard and Immersion at our upcoming Louder Than War Live festival on March 14th in Manchester (tickets and full details here ). We caught up with the band to talk about their history and the DIY life of a modern group, and how to sustain and survive in a much changed musical landscape. Part of this is building your own studio and creating a space to create on your own terms and the Devon group have built up a .
We also dig deep into their dream pop shoegaze music and how melodies and textures can both be as important to create mesmerising walls of sound. The band combine combine crytaline melodic nous with a concise power and decorate it with layers of sound like an artist with colours and a palette of sound.
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 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 bassist Aubrey Simpson at South Devon’s Sea Change festival.
Together they’ve made three albums, with several tracks from the albums playlisted at BBC Radio 6 Music. They’ve played three Riley sessions, toured extensively in the UK and Europe, supported GOAT, Slowdive, Sea Power, The Editors, Public Service Broadcasting, The Midnight, FEWS and more…
The band released their third album in March 25 on their own imprint, Broadcast Recordings. As with the first two albums the record has been produced by the band and final mixed and mastered by Dean Honer. Honer has produced the likes of The Human League, Add N to (x) and Roisin Murphy and worked with countless Sheffield names from Jarvis Cocker to Tony Christie.
Currently producer and musician Lewis Johnson-Kellett joins them in the live band on guitar and synths/keys.
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