The Pale White’s front man Jack Hope has an articulate view of the meaning behind their third album’s title. “Technology is moving but we are not,” he posits. “Human civilization entered the 21st century wide-eyed and naive with mobile phones that would barely fit in our pockets. Fast forward a few decades and we’re so far from where we were that it almost looks like a bad 80’s sci-fi movie.”
He and brother Adam returned to their native north east for it’s recording, having made their first two records in London and Kent. The homecoming provided a much needed burst of creativity, but also left them feeling like the more familiar things seemed, the weirder the meta around them had got.
Inanimate Objects Of The 21st Century may have a philosophical subtext, but a grungy and affecting cover of the Everly Brothers’ All I Have To Do Is Dream aside, the hard edged glam, psychedelic and blues rock they cloak it in doesn’t leave much time for chin scratching. At it’s best on opener Moth In The Headlights, Mannequin and Disappoint Me, it’s their homage to nougthies multiplex escapism Absolute Cinema however that steals the show. Progress or not, The Pale White are here to make you forget all about the bad habits you’ve got yourself into.
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