Pale Blue Dot / Pale Blue Dub - Black 7"
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10/11/2024
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Limited to 500 copies
Limited to 500 copies.
Catalog Number: SW050
Color: Black
Format: 7"
South London's Moreish Idols return with their new single "Pale Blue Dot". The track
follows their two critically acclaimed EPs Float and Lock Eyes and Collide. The 500 copies only 7" comes backed with a Dan Carey dub remix titled "Pale Blue Dub".
Moreish Idols have carved out a unique position for themselves in the burgeoning London
scene. Whereas their debut material showcased a restless, jerky, jagged and rhythmically
centred sound that bore the influence of energetic post-punk, their second EP showcased an
entirely different side to the band. This evolution saw the group stitch together a looser
constellation of ideas, combining swooning tremolo guitars, prickly melodic riddles, erudite
saxophone improvs, and flexible rhythms, sounding like Watery, Domestic-era Pavement
one second and the bucolic Canterbury Scene the next, but always, always like Moreish
Idols most of all.
With their new single "Pale Blue Dot" the band continue to transform and challenge their
songwriting sensibilities. Blending subtly intricate, cyclical acoustic instrumentation that
swells and breaks around the bands gently layered vocal harmonies, the track once again
sees the band knolling their work to rebuild it into something new, direct, and honest.
Speaking on the track, the band says, "Pale Blue Dot has been through many iterations,
from simple drum machine / guitar demo, to evil krautrock demon hellscape. A spontaneous
decision led by Dan Carey brought us to his studio at 8 in the morning to quickly run the
song in a new, shortened arrangement, played on acoustic guitars and simplified down to its
bare bones. It was a beautiful morning, and we all felt we were hearing the song the way it
was meant to be heard: just straight to the point.
The track encourages you to kill your darlings, soak in the vastness of everything, and
commit to your own obliterating but necessary ego death. Pale Blue Dot has been through
this same journey and for that it's a very special one for us."