The Pale White release eagerly anticipated sophomore album "The Big Sad"

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RELEASE EAGERLY ANTICIPATED SOPHOMORE ALBUM

“THE BIG SAD”

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(Newcastle, Friday 18th April) Today, Wallsend rock trio The Pale White release their eagerly anticipated second album “The Big Sad”, via the North-East’s own End of the Wall Recordings, stream here. The release comes alongside the electrifying brand new single ‘Woolly Thunder’ from the record.

“The Big Sad: an album born from the ashes of dark times, but representing a beacon of light for the future. An album of honesty and purity, one that our current fanbase sonically may not be expecting. The sound of a band that got tired of slamming on the fuzz pedal to tick the ‘rock’ box and dares to try something new, dares to shock, dares to be great.”

This is the northeast calling, with songs of stillness, reflection, renewal, defiance, hope, classic melodies and, at certain perfectly judged moments, furniture-shifting riffs. With a powerful album mixed by renowned rock producer Tom Dalgety (Pixies, Royal Blood), shaped by pandemic-era loss (of momentum, and the departure of a band member), and by the wins brought by what singer/songwriter/guitarist Adam Hope describes as a “weight lifted off my shoulders”. With a fresh, front-footed, fired-up approach that owes everything to a band returning to their roots in Wallsend and Newcastle – and, for the first time, making their music entirely on their own independent terms: self-produced and self-confident.

This is the return of The Pale White with, in all its surging emotion and pitch-perfect songcraft, the 13-track triumph that is The Big Sad.

Speaking on the release of the album, the band say: “As we lift the anchor on ‘The Big Sad’, we also lift a weight from our shoulders. There was a time when it felt like the release of this album wouldn’t come to fruition. A set of songs that largely doesn’t fit the typical narrative of today’s new rock band. But today, this is the band we are. Not the band of yesterday, and maybe not tomorrow. But for now, ‘The Big Sad’ has set sail into the audible ocean, and is a message to all aspiring artists to be nothing short of yourself.”

New single ‘Woolly Thunder’ strikes with a bold riff which reverberates throughout the whole track, fixed with a perfect blend of fuzz and clarity. Raw, gritty and ever-so rebellious, it packs a punch and is a testament to the musical versatility of what the band can create. Speaking on the single, Adam says “‘I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again… I’ve said it before’. An old joke my Dad used to throw around. I guess the song is about trying to make someone laugh, who just doesn’t get it. On a separate note, I also read somewhere that they’re bringing the Woolly Mammoth back, so just thought I’d mention it.”

The band, fronted by Adam Hope with his younger brother Jack Hope on drums – with Dave Barrow on bass are a testament to the North East’s recent emergence of bright talent. At the time devoid of fresh blood, Newcastle quickly became alight with buzz around The Pale White upon their formation in 2016. Brothers Adam and Jack, honed their skills as a ferocious three-piece and quickly settled into a rhythm of their own with a self-titled EP in 2017 and 2018’s hip-swaggering ‘Take Me to the Strange’ before releasing their debut 2021 album ‘Infinite Pleasure’.

Heads were quickly turning and with ongoing support from Radio 1, Radio X and Triple J, the band’s tunes were playing up and down the country. Highlighted as “one of the North East’s hottest groups” by NME and their tunes praised as “filthy, QOTSA-esque stoner rock” by The Independent in a 5-star live review, local hype soon translated into widespread acclaim, huge support slots and impressive festival appearances.

‘THE BIG SAD’ TRACKLIST