Newcastle alt-rock trio The Pale White have returned to announce their second album The Big Sad, due for release on 18th April via End of the Wall Recordings. The announcement also comes alongside a brand new single Lost In The Moment.
Back in 2025 with their debut release from the imminent new album The Big Sad, new single Lost In The Moment sails in with anticipation which erupts into an exciting cacophony of high impact guitar riffs. Moving through waves of intricate textures established with a driving bassline, tubular bells and often hypnotic vocals, the track captures the captivating feeling of those nostalgic moments where time stands still.
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Speaking on new single, frontman Adam Hope says: “A special song to me. It’s about the feeling, or lack thereof, which suddenly washes over you when you least expect it. A certain type of numbness, not necessarily tied to anything good, or bad. Perhaps it’s a captivation of something beautiful, or maybe it could be the type of melancholy in the pit of your stomach when reminiscing and romanticising the past. Whatever it may be, time freezes and you’re neither here nor there… just for a moment. The Big Sad is an album born from the ashes of dark times, but representing a beacon of light for the future. An album of honesty and purity, one that our current fanbase sonically may not be expecting. The sound of a band that got tired of slamming on the fuzz pedal to tick the ‘rock’ box and dares to try something new, dares to shock, dares to be great.”
This is the northeast calling, with songs of stillness, reflection, renewal, defiance, hope, classic melodies and, at certain perfectly judged moments, furniture-shifting riffs. With a powerful album shaped by pandemic-era loss (of momentum, and of a band member), and by the wins brought by what singer/songwriter/guitarist Adam Hope describes as a “weight lifted off my shoulders”. With a fresh, front-footed, fired-up approach that owes everything to a band returning to their roots in Wallsend and Newcastle – and, for the first time, making their music entirely on their own independent terms: self-produced and self-confident.
This is the return of The Pale White with, in all its surging emotion and pitch-perfect songcraft, the 13-track triumph that is The Big Sad.
At the time devoid of fresh blood, Newcastle quickly became alight with buzz around The Pale White upon their formation in 2016. Brothers Adam and Jack Hope, then joined by Tom Booth, honed their skills as a ferocious three-piece and quickly settled into a rhythm of their own with a self-titled EP in 2017 and 2018’s hip-swaggering Take Me To The Strange before releasing their debut 2021 album Infinite Pleasure.
Heads were quickly turning and with ongoing support from Radio 1, Radio X and Triple J, the band’s tunes were playing up and down the country. Local hype soon translated into widespread acclaim, huge support slots and impressive festival appearances.
Upcoming UK & Ireland Live Dates:
FEBRUARY – Supporting Frank Black:
6 – Palladium, London
MARCH – Headline Tour:
6th – Deaf Institute, Manchester
7th – King Tut’s, Glasgow
8th – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
10th – Dead Wax, Birmingham
11th – Louisiana, Bristol
13th – Green Door Store, Brighton
14th – Oslo, London
15th – Northumbria Uni, Newcastle
21st – The Workman’s Club, Dublin
22ed – Limelight 2, Belfast
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