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BIOGRAPHY
New wave-art rockers Pale Monsters bring an off-kilter, modernized take to guitar and synth driven rock, garnering comparisons to Pere Ubu, Elvis Presley, David Bowie and the Talking Heads. Led by the songwriting and "impassioned howl" (Vanyaland) of Chris Mulvey (formerly of Muy Cansado), the Boston-based quartet forges its pop-rock influences into its own unique sound.
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To realize his creative vision, Mulvey enlisted longtime friends and Boston music veterans, Kevin McGrath, Mike Ward and Travis Richter. Their 2016 5-song debut EP Take What You Can Take was "a set of loud, sad indie rock gems" (Boston Herald) built around the standout single "Everybody (Take What You Can Take."
In late 2017, Pale Monsters released their single "All This Time We Wait" through their website, earning a spot as one of the best of Boston singles of 2017 by influential music site, Vanyaland.
The new track was the first glimpse into Pale Monster's first full length album, just released on March 12, 2018, and titled, Are You Feeling Alive? Other notable tracks, include "Pale Monsters" (yes, there is a song with the band name) and "Gone."
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The track “Pale Monsters” is dominated by dueling lead guitars and synthesizers over driving rhythms, feeling like it could have been plucked from David Bowie’s Berlin era. The song (and band name) allude to Moby Dick, referencing how we impose our fears onto others and providing a biting analogy to present-day America.
Album track “Gone” is a slow, moving meditation on family, life and death, featuring beautiful synthesizer arrangements and crooning vocals. It feels like a song you expected performed at the Roadhouse in David Lynch’s recently revived Twin Peaks.
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Read more about the band name here. Read more about the influences of Mulvey and the band here. Album details are below.
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OTHER BIOS
On our website you can find a shorter bio here and a longer bio here.
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ALBUM RELEASE INFORMATION
Title: Are You Feeling Alive?
Release: March 12, 2018
Format: Digital LP
Website: palemonsters.com
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TRACK LISTING
1. All This Time We Wait
2. Pale Monsters
3. Everybody (Take What You Can Take)**
4. Until the End
5. The Dead
6. Bombs Away
7. Buzzed Out
8. I Don't Really Wanna Care No More**
9. Fine*
10. Gone
*Re-mastered
**Re-mixed and re-mastered
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ARE YOU FEELING ALIVE? PRESS STREAM & DOWNLOAD LINKS (confidential)
Listen to our new LP from Soundcloud here.
Download WAV, AIFF, AAC or MP3 files from Dropbox here.
These links are confidential. We recommend downloading the music to enjoy the sequencing.
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ARE YOU FEELING ALIVE? SONG LYRICS
All song lyrics for the album are saved here
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PALE MONSTERS HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS
Download High Res Band Photos from Dropbox here (images below).
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NEW MUSIC VIDEO
Check out our new music video for "All This Time We Wait" below
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QUOTES FROM OTHER FOLKS (See below for full articles)
"the Boston quartet have captured and reflected a modern take on our paranoid world."
-- Michael Marotta, Vanyaland
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"Pale Monsters’ Are You Feeling Alive? crackles with depth and rowdy rock and roll spirit.....one of 2018’s most effective rock records."
-- William Elgin, Cashbox Canada Magazine
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"some of the best indie rock released in recent memory."
-- Mindy McCall, No Depression
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"spring cleaning for dislocated souls"
-- Ryan Spaulding, Ryan's Smashing Life
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"The band...explores the question at the album’s heart both lyrically and tonally, each vignette skirting the edges of an unspoken question: “Is this all there is?”"
-- Victor Infante, The Worcester Telegram
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" one of the indie scene’s most promising outfits."
-- Mike Yoder, Too Much Love Magazine
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"raucous yet sensitive indie rock and they dispatch the ten cuts on this release with a sense of purpose we don’t often hear anymore from music like this."
-- Cyrus Rhodes, Gashouse Radio
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"There’s no question that Pale Monsters imitate no one and, instead, emerge with a fully fleshed out style on Are You Feeling Alive? that should carry them to widespread prominence"
-- Jason Hillenburg, Vents Magazine
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"a truly unique modern sound....2018 will be a huge year for Pale Monsters."
-- Keith Pro, Indie Band Guru
“wild, unpredictable and colorful psychedelic sound....Absolutely teeming with life, the song virtually bursts at the seams..... a joyous off-kilter sort of pop.”
-- Skope Magazine
"Pale Monsters are New Wave Masters"
-- Yvonne Glasgow, Beat Media
"It’s invigorating to hear an act refresh an earlier music style with their own unique take on things."
-- James McQuiston, NeuFutur
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"wildly unique, laser-synth-drenched rock....Bowie meets The Cars."
-- The Ark of Music
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"....this band has a knack for taking those stylings of what’s come before and forging them into something fresh and vital. There’s really not a lot of straight-up rock that feels new anymore, but, somehow, Pale Monsters pulls off the trick."​
-- Victor Infante, The Worcester Telegram
"a sound-shifting pop-rock project that feels like a modernized take on the guitar-fed styles of Talking Heads, David Bowie… and, hell we hear some stellastarr*"
-- Michael Marotta, Vanyaland
"a set of loud, sad indie rock gems....“Moon” splits the difference between outlaw country and the Cure. (You didn’t even know that was possible, did you?)"
-- Jed Gottlieb, the Boston Herald
Stream our new album from directly from this page by hitting play on the Soundcloud player above. The album artwork is below.
