Pastel announce debut album ‘Manc band mash the Roses and early The Verve with present gurus like The Brian Jonestown Bloodbath into an unholy now’

Album cowl picture by Charlie design by James Webb / band picture by Charlie Lightening

Pastel announce debut album

Manchester’s Pastel have solid an enormous repute on their on their phrases, touchdown #1 and #2 positions on the Official Vinyl Singles Chart for his or her two EPs and incomes a private invite to assist the legendary Liam Gallagher at his gargantuan Knebworth Park present. Now the band cement their rising standing with the information that their long-awaited debut album ‘Souls In Movement’ can be launched on January seventeenth through Spirit of Spike Island.

‘Souls In Movement’ options a number of of the band’s fan favourites and stay staples which have soundtracked their rise to this point, together with ‘Deeper Than Holy’, ‘Isaiah’, ‘Your Day’ and ‘Escape’. However it additionally presents a wealth of brand name new music for followers to immerse themselves inside, which additional underlines their global-facing inventive ambition.

Guitarist James Yates says, “‘Souls In Movement’ was written over a 12 month interval, the place after work, we’d lock ourselves in our basement rehearsal room of Bunkhouse to put in writing an album we really feel folks have been ready 20 years for. An album which hangs on the framework of our chequered upbringing in Manchester, and the optimistic dazed outlook all of us now share.”

The album options the band’s present single ‘Go away A Mild On (A Velvet Storm)’, which captures a distinct angle to the band. Getting into slow-burning epic anthem territory, its plaintive piano and extra melodic vocals from Jack Yates crafts an environment which looks like a contemporary reply to The Rolling Stones’ ‘Let It Bleed’ period and The Verve circa ‘A Northern Soul’. It’s indicative of the band’s rising powers and broadening sonic palette, and the track’s cinematic scope is captured in its accompanying video. It was directed by their pal and long-term champion Charlie Lightening, who’s finest identified for his movie initiatives with Liam Gallagher, Paul McCartney and Kasabian. 

Pastel wrote all the songs on the album, which was produced by J. Fender (Afflecks Palace frontman and founding father of Spirit of Spike Island) and blended by James Kenosha.

‘Souls In Movement’ is now out there to pre-order or pre-save HERE. The album can be launched on CD and digital codecs alongside a wide range of unique codecs. Spirit of Spike Island’s retailer presents a translucent solar colored vinyl (signed copies are additionally out there) and a restricted version cassette. An orange and yellow swirl vinyl Manchester version is out there from town’s iconic Piccadilly Information and is proscribed to 1000 copies, and Tough Commerce have an unique inexperienced vinyl format.

The album has already obtained an exceptional fan response. Its first launch on socials through the Spirit of Spike Island mailing record noticed all the preliminary allocation snapped up in simply 5 minutes.

‘Souls In Movement’ emerges as Pastel are about to take pleasure in a contemporary highlight second. Jack and his cousin, guitarist James Yates, each cameo within the new ‘Trailer Park Boys’ movie ‘Standing On the Shoulders Of Kitties’ which hits cinemas on December sixth and was directed by Charlie Lightening. They function alongside massive names reminiscent of Billy Bob Thornton and Ronnie Wooden – see James pictured with The Rolling Stones’ icon HERE. Watch the trailer for the movie HERE.

The Yates cousins vowed to begin a band whereas travelling residence from a Stone Roses gig. And so they realised that ambition with the assistance of Joe Anderson (guitar), Liam O’Shea (bass) and Rhys Wheeler (drums) as they shared influences reminiscent of Shack, The Verve, Radiohead, The Charlatans, Blossoms, New Order and Experience. They debuted in 2020, and have since performed an array of main festivals together with the Isle of Wight, Dot To Dot, Victorious, Manchester Psych Competition and This Feeling By The Sea. They’ve additionally earned intensive radio assist at 6 Music, Radio X and BBC Introducing, the latter of which included a set at The Hundred cricket match in entrance of a 15,000 capability crowd.

Pastel will have fun the discharge of ‘Souls In Movement’ by heading out on their largest headline tour to this point subsequent February. Tickets go on basic sale HERE from 10am this Friday, November fifteenth. They may finish 2024 with a tour as particular company to The Twang.

FEBRUARY 2025 – HEADLINE TOUR

thirteenth – Newcastle, The Cluny

14th – Liverpool, Arts Membership (The Loft)

fifteenth – Manchester, Membership Academy 2

sixteenth – Leeds, Brudenell Social Membership

twenty seventh – Aberdeen, Tunnels

twenty eighth – Glasgow, King Tut’s

MARCH 2025 – HEADLINE TOUR

1st – Edinburgh, Cabaret Voltaire

sixth – Bristol, Unusual Brew

seventh – Birmingham, Mama Roux’s

eighth – London, Dome

‘Souls in Movement’ tracklist:

1. ‘Heroes Blood’
2. ‘Your Day’
3. ‘Dancing On A Pin’
4. ‘Isaiah’
5. ‘Operating On Empty’
6. ‘Deeper Than Holy’
7. ‘Gone Too Quick’
8. ‘Go away A Mild On (A Velvet Storm)’
9. ‘Sunny Facet’
10. ‘Escape’

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