Slow Buildings

Description

Pale Saints complete their series of 30th anniversary reissues with the release of an expanded edition of their third and final album, ‘Slow Buildings’. By 1994, they were the quartet of Meriel Barham (vocals/guitar), Chris Cooper (drums), Graeme Naysmith (guitar) and Colleen Browne (bassist), who having just left The Heart Throbs replaced founding member Ian Masters who had departed the band to form Spoonfed Hybrid with AC Temple’s Chris Trout. Primed by the brilliant single ‘Fine Friend’ (a song adapted from 1981’s ‘Poison in the Airwaves’ by Scottish band Persian Rugs), third album ‘Slow Buildings’ shows the band still venturing forward – this time, keeping the experimentation and guitar fuzz of their early records whilst opening-up their songs so Meriel’s vocals could hit new, pop heights.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. King Fade – Pale Saints
2. Angel (Will You Be My) – Pale Saints
3. One Blue Hill – Pale Saints
4. Henry – Pale Saints
5. Under Your Nose – Pale Saints
6. Little Gesture – Pale Saints
7. Song of Solomon – Pale Saints
8. Fine Friend – Pale Saints
9. Gesture of a Fear – Pale Saints
10. Always I – Pale Saints
11. Suggestion – Pale Saints
Disc 2
1. Fine Friend (Extended Version) – Pale Saints
2. Special Present (Edit) – Pale Saints
3. Marimba – Pale Saints
4. Reprise – Pale Saints
5. On Your Own (Demo) – Pale Saints
6. Always I (Demo) – Pale Saints
7. Loopy (Demo) – Pale Saints
8. Henry (Demo) – Pale Saints
9. Angel (Demo) – Pale Saints
10. Honesty Spills (Demo) – Pale Saints
11. Marimba (Demo) – Pale Saints