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The Pale released The Contents Of A Shipwreck in May 2007 which features the single Elizabeth In Rags. Produced by Q (aka Colm Quearney) at Qube Analogue Studios in Dublin, the album is right up there with the band's best work.
“As the cult duo behind early 1990s hits Butterfly and Dogs with No Tails, Matthew Devereux and Shane Wearen always walked the line between quirky popsters and inane novelty group.
Now they're back, with a new album and a new, more sophisticated sound.Devereux in particular, seems to have renounced the role of zany entertainer,emerging as a singer of unexpected depth and nuance.
This is clear from the single Elizabeth In Rags, a brisk folk tune that sees Wearen thunking his mandolin as if it were a heavy metal guitar and Devereux delivering a stark vocal.
Later, they slow the tempo-The New Resistance is the sort of wrenching, torch song you may have believed The Pale entirely incapable of writing. As comebacks go,then,The Contents Of A Shipwreck is one of constant, delightful surprise.” - Metro Magazine May 07
Track listing:
1. Elizabeth In Rags
2. The New Resistance
3. Good Ship
4. Steadfast Captain
5. Contents Of A Shipwreck
6. Church Of Bones
7. Remember The Night
8. Joan Of Arc On Broadway
9. The Serpent Song
10. The Final Garden
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