The Pale Pacific

The Pale Pacific (formerly The Pale) is an indie rock/powerpop band based in Bellingham, Washington.^[1] The band has released 4 full-length LPs, 1 EP, 1 split, and 1 full-length live recording. They are best known for the LPs Gravity Gets Things Done and Urgency, released worldwide on SideCho Records. The band has not broken up, but it rarely plays shows, and is currently finishing up a brand new full-length recording. As all four members have been busy doing many other things in recent years, the record was written at weekly sessions and has been recorded in their free time. Drummer Greg Swinehart recently spoke of the recording process at Sloucher.org, saying it's close to completion, but too soon to announce a release date. The band confirmed further on Facebook that they were still in the recording phase as of December 24, 2015.

The Pale Pacific has essentially been many different bands that has only changed its name once. It began as a collaboration between Gabe Archer and his cousin Cameron Nicklaus. With Archer on piano/keyboards and Nicklaus on drums, the two started out writing and performing songs that sounded like their favorite bands: The Cure, Depeche Mode and U2.

Discography

• First Attempt at World Domination (1997) - Always Never Records
• Another Innovative Idea for the People on the Go (2001) - Always Never Records
• Gravity Gets Things Done (2003) - Always Never Records, (2004) - SideCho Records
• The Pale/Copeland split EP (2003) - SideCho Records
• Rules Are Predictable EP (2005) - SideCho Records
• Urgency (2005) - SideCho Records
• There Is a Cover Song EP (2010) - Released as a free download^[2]
• There Is a Song Headed Straight for Your Face (2010) - Recorded live at The Crocodile on August 11, 2007

Also appeared on

¡Policia!: A Tribute to the Police (2005) (As The Pale) - Walking on the Moon
Live From the Morning Alternative Vol. 2, The End 107.7 (2005) - Gravity Gets Things Done (Live Acoustic)

Band members

Current

• Gabe Archer – lead vocals, guitar, keyboard (1994–present)
• Cameron Nicklaus – guitar (1994–present)
• Justin Harcus – bass (2005–present)
• Greg Swinehart – drums, background vocals (2000–present)

Past

• Jared Archer – bass, guitar (1998-2001)
• Lance Fisher – bass (2002)
• Ryan Worsley – bass (2003-2004)
• Nate Beede – guitar (2003)

References

1. 1 2 http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-pale-mn0000893079/biography
2. ↑ http://thepalepacific.bandcamp.com/album/there-is-a-cover-song-ep

External links

• The Pale Pacific's official website
• The Pale Pacific on MySpace
• The Pale Pacific on Facebook