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Before There Were Pictures

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Recorded and mixed Summer / Fall 2013, at Marlborough Farms, by Gary Olson Mastered by Ron Harrity at Peapod Recordings Keyboards by Kyle Forester. Backing vocals by Suzanne Nienaber and Gary Olson Additional percussion by Gary Olson. Keyboards on Boy Of Your Dreams by Brooke Watkins Pale Lights on this recording are: Andrew Adler, guitar Lisa Goldstein, drums, vocals Maria Pace, bass Philip Sutton, guitar, vocals All songs by Philip Sutton © Calico Cat (CAL004) The Pale Lights debut album Before There Were Pictures was recorded by at Marlborough Farms by Ladybug Transistor’s Gary Olson. Head Pale Light Philip Sutton who has been in Comet Gain and more recently the Soft City, employs the help of Crystal Stilts bassist Andrew Adler to play guitar and solicits the talents of the Stilts Kyle Forester for some keyboard flourishes. Come to think of it, is is nearly a Cinema Red and Blue reunion minus Comet Gain’s David Feck. Sutton who was also the Cinema Red and Blue drummer gets out from behind the drums and is front and center with his jangly guitar and friendly croon. The album picks up where their four song self-titled EP from 2012 left off. The album breezes into the room like a long forgotten friend. The elegant maudlin pop that the band excels at evokes bygone classics like Felt, Brilliant Corners, Lloyd Cole and Biff Bang Pow! Like an old friend, you feel like you already know these songs and you kind of do if you are a fan of these other bands. If you d

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Another Broken Heart

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Steps To The Ruins

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2:30
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Port of Shadows

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2:38
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These Things Happen

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2:59
5

4 O'clock In The Morning

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3:39
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Boy Of Your Dreams

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3:00
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Manhattan

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2:47
8

Only An Ocean

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3:00
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Teary Eyes (1959)

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2:04
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The Night Tells No Lies

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3:24
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Ghosts of Youth

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12

Waverly Place

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