Comforts of Madness

Pale Saints - Comforts of Madness

Comforts of Madness
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Artist: Pale Saints
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
Published: 1990
CD Release Date: 1994-02-21
Music Label: 4ad
Soundtracks:
  1. Way The World Is
  2. You Tear The World In Two
  3. Sea Of Sound
  4. True Coming Dream
  5. Little Hammer
  6. Insubstantial
  7. A Deep Sleep For Steven
  8. Language Of Flowers
  9. Fell From The Sun
  10. Sight Of You
  11. Time Thief

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I believe that The Comforts of Madness is perhaps the most significant and yet little known recording of an equally significant musical era. It lies at the wake of what might be considered "classic" British indie, representative of bands such as McCarthy, The Smiths, Biff Bang Pow, House of Love, and many more besides. But it also is at the cusp--and perhaps birth--of shoegaze, twee, and the second wave [sic.] of British indie. To this effect The Comforts of Madness is the early crystalization of bands such as Slowdive, Chapterhouse, Lush, Ride, etc. etc. Indeed, The Comforts of Madness, much less any Pale Saints recording, captures the very essence of nearly all that was indie in Britain in the late eighties/early nineties: washing guitar sounds, mellow rhythms, whispery vocals, and somewhat sentimental lyrics. Although this may sound sappy, it is not; trust me. This album is intense and is well suited for contemplative moments and self-indulgent behavior induced by whatever turns you on.

The e.p. that came out prior to The Comforts of Madness is titled Barging Into the Presence of God, and contains 'Sight of You,' which is presumably the single track on TCOM. However, nearly each time I meet someone familiar with TCOM it is generally agreed that track number three, 'Sea of Sound,' is the strongest song on the album. Of course tastes change and this track, along with track seven, 'A Deep Sleep for Steven,' are ostensibly the more dreamy, mello, and, as I alluded to above, more sentimental of the tracks. Several of the tracks are rather upbeat yet still capture that washy/shoe-gazy sound so indicative of the period.

To be sure, TCOM is an album of an era and captures that moment in Brit-pop history perfectly. Yet, I feel that TCOM has withstood the test of time perhaps better than many of the recordings of the period. This may be due to the fact that TCOM was released prior to the buzz of the "shoegaze" bands that were soon to arrive on the scene. It is the same phenomenon that occurs when anything become popular and defined - it invariably becomes vulgar. This is not to suggest that bands such as Slowdive, Chapterhouse, Secret Shine, and The Field Mice are vulgar. Not at all. But comparatively I would argue that TCOM is a stronger, more timeless, work. Of course My Bloody Valentine was not mentioned here and deserves a great deal of credit for all the aforementioned bands, as do countless others.

If this has piqued your interest I encourage you to check out the Pale Saints. If you have and you like what you have heard, be aware that Ian Masters has, subsequent to his leaving the Pale Saints, partnered with some unlikly musicians such as Chris Trout to form Spoonfed Hybrid (a remarkable recording released on the 4AD subsidiary Guernica--find this and buy it!) and Warren DeFever from His Name is Alive to do some project whose name I forget. I have not heard this project in full but what I have heard in quite different from Pale Saints and Spoonfed.

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