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Infobox musical artist | name = Pale Saints| image = Pale Saints01.jpg| caption = Live in Rennes , France , April 1990| image_size =| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| origin = Leeds , England| genre = Shoegazing , dream pop , indie pop | years_active = 1987& ndash;1996| label = 4AD | associated_acts = Edsel Auctioneer , Spoonfed Hybrid , ESP Summer, Lorimer, The Terminals, Cyanide Pills, Kuchen, Lush (band)|Lush , The Heart Throbs (band)|The Heart Throbs | website =| current_members =| past_members = Ian Masters (songwriter)|Ian Masters Graeme Naysmith Chris Cooper Meriel Barham Colleen Browne Ashley Horner| notable_instruments = Pale Saints were a British alternative rock band formed in 1987 by Ian Masters (songwriter)|Ian Masters (bass/vocals), Graeme Naysmith (guitar), and Chris Cooper (drums) in Leeds, England|Leeds , England .Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography , Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 907-908 The group began as a jangly indie pop band, influenced by Primal Scream 's early sound.
History
By the time they recorded their first Extended play|EP , Barging Into the Presence of God released in 1989, the band went into a direction that displayed a mix of Ian Masters' choirboy-like vocals along with dark atmospheric and noisy pop tunes. Ashley Horner from Edsel Auctioneer briefly joined the band on guitar in the same year. The band was signed to 4AD Records records after their first London concert|show , by the label's chief Ivo Watts-Russell .
The group's first album, The Comforts of Madness , was released in 1990, and reached the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart . The album's tracks were record producer|produced by John Fryer (music)|John Fryer and Gil Norton .Kellman, Andy "Allmusic|class=artist|id=p13895/biography|pure_url=yes Pale Saints Biography", Allmusic , Macrovision Corporation The album includes a cover version of "Fell From the Sun" by Opal (band)|Opal .
In late 1990, Meriel Barham , the original vocalist of Lush (band)|Lush , joined the band as second guitarist and vocalist. Barham contributed backing vocals and guitars to the Half-Life EP, then joined permanently for the Nancy Sinatra Cover version|cover "Kinky Love", which gave the band a UK Singles Chart|minor hit single , and the Flesh Balloon EP. In 1992 the band recorded their second full-length album, In Ribbons , which was produced by Hugh Jones (producer)|Hugh Jones . Ian Masters left the band in 1993. Former The Heart Throbs (band)|Heart Throbs bassist Colleen Browne joined afterwards.
Sticking with producer Hugh Jones, the group released the EP Fine Friend in mid-1994 followed by their third album Slow Buildings .
The group toured Europe and the United States in late autumn of 1994. Their final studio recording was a version of " Jersey Girl (song)|Jersey Girl " for the Tom Waits tribute album Step Right Up . Meriel Barham departed in September 1995 and the group eventually disbanded in 1996.
Post band projects
Masters continues to create music, often of an experimental nature. His first project after Pale Saints was Spoonfed Hybrid with former A.C. Temple member Chris Trout. They released their self-titled debut album in 1993, and their second album, Hibernation Shock was released in 1996. In 1994, Masters teamed up with His Name Is Alive auteur Warren Defever and they began to release music as ESP Summer . In autumn 1998, Masters released a 7-inch EP under the name Friendly Science Orchestra entitled Miniature Album , which became an NME 'Single of the Week'. As of|2005, Masters lived in Japan . His current projects, including Wingdisk with Mark Tranmer of Gnac and The Montgolfier Brothers, can be viewed on his website, The Institute of Spoons .
Naysmith and Cooper formed Lorimer, and later continued working together in the Leeds band The Terminals. The band released a single in December 2006, entitled "Dictator" on Double Dragon Records. The band changed name again to http://damagedgoods.co.uk/band/? c=Cyanide-Pills Cyanide Pills and by 2011 had released 5 singles and 1 album on Damaged Goods (record label)|Damaged Goods Records . Naysmith and Cooper are currently working on a new project of atmospheric instrumental music under the name The Program.
Barham has gone on to record melodic electronica under the name Kuchen. She has released two albums on the Karaoke Kalk label: Kids with Sticks in 2001 and the collaboration Kuchen Meets Mapstation in 2003 with Stefan Schneider of To Rococo Rot (who also records as Mapstation).
Horner is a film producer based in Newcastle upon Tyne .
Browne went on to play with Warm Jets , Rialto (band)|Rialto , and White Hotel before briefly returning to Canada in 2001, then relocating to San Francisco in 2002. There she played with local rock noir chanteuse Rykarda Parasol, appearing on her "Here She Comes" EP and "Our Hearts First Meet" album.
Discography
Studio albums
The Comforts of Madness (1990) UK Albums Chart|UK #40
In Ribbons (1992) UK #61
Slow Buildings (1994)
cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 415
Compilation album
Mrs. Dolphin (1990, Japanese release containing Barging into the Presence of God and the Half-Life EPs with the tracks "Colours and Shapes" and "A Deeper Sleep for Steven")
Singles/EPs/demos
"Children Break" (1988)
Barging into the Presence of God EP (1989) UK Indie Chart|UK Indie #3Lazell, Barry (1997) Indie Hits 1980 - 1989 , Cherry Red Books, ISBN 0-9517206-9-4, p. 169
Half-Life EP (1990, 12" contains a bonus spoken-word track "Colour of the Sky")
http://quimby.gnus.org/html/html-subdirs/PaleLyrics/index.html Pale Saints Lyrics
http://www.myspace.com/theprogramband The Program - Graeme Naysmith & Chris Cooper's current band.
Category:English pop music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1987 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1996 Category:Shoegazing musical groups Category:Dream pop Category:Music in Leeds Category:4AD artists
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