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Refimprove|date=September 2010Infobox musical artist | name = The Pastels| image = The Pastels.jpg| caption = The Pastels in Toyko, early 1990s| image_size =| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Glasgow , Scotland | genre = Indie pop | years_active = 1982& ndash;present| label = Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade Glass Records Paperhouse (record label)|Paperhouse Domino Records | associated_acts =| website = http://www.sheepish.org/pastels The Pastels| current_members =| past_members = See below The Pastels are a group from Glasgow , Scotland , United Kingdom|UK .
Their early records (1982–85) for labels like Whaam! , Creation (record label)|Creation , Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade , and Glass Records , had a raw and immediate sound, melodic and amateur, which seemed at odds with the time. But an emerging fanzine culture identified with the group's sound and image, and slowly The Pastels started to influence a new wave of groups, which interested the NME and other UK media. http://www.sheepish.org/pastels/bio.html Sheepish.org
The Pastels' sound continued to evolve and, although part of the NME 's C86 (music)|C86 compilation, in interviews they always sought to distance themselves from both twee and shambling developments. Ablaze& #33; (fanzine) Ablaze& #33; fanzine issue 9, 1992. p28-29 Their debut album, Up for a Bit With The Pastels ( Glass Records|Glass , 1987; re-issue Paperhouse (record label)|Paperhouse , 1991) moved from garage pop-punk through to ballads with synth orch splashes. The follow-up, '' Sittin' Pretty (Chapter 22, 1989) was harder but less eclectic.Citation needed|date=September 2010 Reports started to appear in the UK music press that the group was splitting up.
Eventually it became clear that a new line-up was configuring around original members, Stephen McRobbie and Annabel Wright (Aggi), now joined by Katrina Mitchell. This line-up is probably the best known of The Pastels' various phases, and often featured either David Keegan ( Shop Assistants ) or Gerard Love ( Teenage Fanclub ) on guitar. They signed with the emerging Domino Records and completed two albums, Mobile Safari (1995) and Illumination (The Pastels album)|Illumination (1997), which showed them developing an odd, particular sound - melancholic and awkward, but warm and engaging.Citation needed|date=September 2010 A remix set featured My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine , Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke and others on the album, Illuminati (album)|Illuminati (1998). Their most recent release is the soundtrack to David Mackenzie's The Last Great Wilderness (Geographic, 2003), which, made for film or not, is one of the most completely realised Pastels albums. It features a track recorded in collaboration with Pulp's Jarvis Cocker . In 2006, The Pastels developed and completed new music for a theatre production by Glasgow based company, 12 Stars. In 2009, The Pastels, in collaboration with Tenniscoats from Tokyo, Japan, released an album called Two Sunsets .
The Pastels featured on the soundtrack for film, The Acid House (film)|The Acid House (1998).
The Pastels now operate their own Geographic Music label through Domino Records|Domino , and are partners in Glasgow's Monorail Music shop. http://www.dominorecordco.com/artists/the-pastels/ Dominorecordco.com
Members
Current
Stephen McRobbie (or Stephen Pastel) – guitar , Singing|vocals
Jad Fair and The Pastels - This Could Be the Night EP ( Paperhouse (record label)|Paperhouse , 1991)
Jad Fair and The Pastels - No. 2 EP ( Paperhouse (record label)|Paperhouse , 1992)
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External links
http://www.sheepish.org/pastels The Pastels
http://www.mechanised.org Mechanised - a Pastels and Geographic information resource
http://elbuenvigia.tripod.com/thepastels.html The Pastels (Spanish fan web)
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p13913|label=The Pastels
http://www.myspace.com/thepastels Official Myspace Page
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