Today, 18th April 2025, Newcastle alt-rock trio The Pale White unveil their sophomore album ‘The Big Sad’, via the North-East’s own End of the Wall Recordings, listen here.

“‘The Big Sad’: an album born from the ashes of dark times,” shares frontman Adam Hope, “but representing a beacon of light for the future. An album of honesty and purity, one that our current fanbase sonically may not be expecting. The sound of a band that got tired of slamming on the fuzz pedal to tick the ‘rock’ box and dares to try something new, dares to shock, dares to be great.”

This is the northeast calling, with songs of stillness, reflection, renewal, defiance, hope, classic melodies and, at certain perfectly judged moments, furniture-shifting riffs. With a powerful album shaped by pandemic-era loss (of momentum, and the departure of a band member), and by the wins brought by what singer/songwriter/guitarist Adam Hope describes as a “weight lifted off my shoulders”.. With a fresh, front-footed, fired-up approach that owes everything to a band returning to their roots in Wallsend and Newcastle – and, for the first time, making their music entirely on their own independent terms: self-produced and self-confident.

This is the return of The Pale White with, in all its surging emotion and pitch-perfect songcraft, the 13-track triumph that is ‘The Big Sad’.

The band, fronted by Adam Hope, with his younger brother Jack Hope on drums and Dave Barrow on bass, are a testament to the North East’s recent emergence of bright talent. At a time devoid of fresh blood, Newcastle quickly became alight with buzz around The Pale White upon their formation in 2016. Brothers Adam and Jack, then joined by Tom Booth, honed their skills as a ferocious three-piece and quickly settled into a rhythm of their own with a self-titled EP in 2017 and 2018’s hip-swaggering ‘Take Me to the Strange’ before releasing their debut 2021 album ‘Infinite Pleasure’.

Heads were quickly turning and with ongoing support from Radio 1, Radio X and Triple J, the band’s tunes were playing up and down the country. Highlighted as “one of the North East’s hottest groups” by NME and their tunes praised as “filthy, QOTSA-esque stoner rock” by The Independent in a 5-star live review, local hype soon translated into widespread acclaim, huge support slots and impressive festival appearances.

‘THE BIG SAD’ TRACKLIST

Lost In The Moment
Final Exit
Woolly Thunder
I’m Sorry (This Time)
January, Please
Preparing For The Big Sad
There’s An Echo
Real Again
Trapped In The Vacuum
Interlude
Nostradamus
My Abacus
The Big Sad

THE PALE WHITE 2025 LIVE DATES

Supporting PIXIES:

23 April: Den Atelier, Luxembourg [SOLD OUT]

25 April: TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht [SOLD OUT]

26 April: Lotto Arena, Antwerp

28 April: Oosterpoort, Groningen [SOLD OUT]

29 April: 013, Tilburg [SOLD OUT]

01 May: Tempodrom, Berlin [SOLD OUT]

02 May: Palladium, Cologne [SOLD OUT]

03 May: Tonhalle, Munich

06 May: Arkea Arena, Bordeaux

07 May: Zenith, Nantes

09 May: Palacio de los Deportes de Granada, Granada

10 May: Sagres Campo, Lisbon

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