Pale Blue Eyes announce second album This House

The forthcoming album, This House, is centred around the childhood home of the trio’s vocalist and guitarist, Matt Board. Defined by closure and moving on, the band navigate the grief of recent parental loss. The album follows, 2022's Souvenirs.

“When Mum died, five years after Dad, there was this charge hanging in the air, connecting each person in the room,” says Board “Time stopped. I felt like I momentarily entered an alternative dimension between life and death. Days and weeks later I’d see my family in every corner of the house – all the reminders, ghosts and memories. Then, gradually, it felt like time for a new start, moving on from the house and my amazing parents.”

Of the single, "Takes Me Over", he says: "This taps into the feeling you get when life overwhelms you and you become consumed with what’s in front of you – and then seeing a bigger picture. It’s also about embracing, processing and letting go through music making and any artistic or creative process.”

Pale Blue Eyes’ two albums bookend other significant moments, such as soundtracking the Atmos arts-and-housing project in Totnes (featuring a sound-and-light installation by Brian Eno). There was also the time PBE’s beloved old Citroën blew up between gigs, reinforcing a valuable lesson. “You have to embrace the Berlingo!” says Lucy Board, rolling out the band’s new motto.

“Change is inevitable,” Board adds. “You have to embrace it all, the good and bad, and the horribly ugly.”

Tracklist:

1. More
2. Simmering
3. Hang Out
4. Spaces
5. Heating’s On
6. Our History
7. A Million Times Over
8. Illuminated
9. Sister
10. Takes Me Over
11. Underwater