Bio

Pales is the musical undertaking of Rose Blake, Mike Isaacs and Scott Maynard. These three bring a unique range of skills from their diverse musical backgrounds, which include both jazz and classical training, to create intricate and emotive folk compositions.

The Wellington based musicians began to work together under the name of Pales in early 2013. With Mike and Scott having already worked together in various other projects, such as Fuyuko's Fables, the opportunity to work with Rose was an exciting one; bringing a whole new range of sounds and approaches to the plate.

Pales' debut album, It's Cold Outside, features compositions by Mike Isaacs and was released in late 2013. Drawing inspiration from musicians such as Tiny Ruins, Other, Seth Frightening, Elliott Smith and Grizzly Bear, Pales used layered guitars, banjo, woodwinds - such as clarinets, bass clarinets and flutes - vocals, upright bass and a little bit of drums to create a unique ten track collection of folk based songs. The recording of It's Cold Outside took place in various bedrooms throughout the lower North Island of NZ and also features a few bits and pieces from fellow Wellington musicians James Paul (Groeni), Cory Champion (Louis Baker, The Digg, Fuyuko's Fables), Scott Maynard (Fuyuko's Fables, The Myele Manzanza Group), Alexander Green (Groeni, @Peace) and Rose Blake - who co-wrote the track Low. Additional engineering was done by Emi Pogoni, Darren Maynard and Mike Gibson. The final mixes were run through tape at Munki studios in Wellington, NZ.

To celebrate this release the band undertook a 10 date nationwide tour of NZ with fellow Wellington bands Fuyuko's Fables and Groeni. Following the success of both the release and tour Pales plan to release two new recordings in the near future; each featuring either the song writing of Scott or Rose.

Band Members:
Rose Blake
Mike Isaacs
Scott Maynad

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