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PALE LIPS - After Dark

by PALE LIPS (ALIEN SNATCH! RECORDS)

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greennoiserecords.com (US) March 2020 Bubblegum garage from this Quebec outfit, girl group out on the town and in the garage, Jackie, Jamie, Ilona and Lynn, focusing on the yeah-yeah-yeah happy-go-lucky bubbly numbers but also offering plenty of variety, all of it recalling the 1960s (with a bit of 1950s) channelled through Nikki Corvette and Riff Randells, moving wonderfully from the Nikki-inspired "You're A Doll" where the synth comes through to the midtempo number "That Old Ghost Don't Lie" where they show us the lonely side of After Dark, where Ilona Szabo gets to show off the early 60s Memphis sounds on her guitar, quickly bouncing back to the party but staying in the South for "All My Baby Brought Back Was the Blues," the band adding harmonica on that cut, adding instruments and sounds from all over on this album, from California to Detroit, from New York to New Orleans, Ms. Szabo showing plenty of variety of fuzz sounds on her guitar, honking sax courtesy of Lorraine Muller on another number, synth coming through again on "Cosmic Love" helping bring out likely other influences, the Go Gos and B52s for example, this variety really helping to keep the music on its toes, keeping the machine revving, downshifting to cruise the main drag and sing out sha-la-la to the night, another essential listen from Alien Snatch! Records. (mw)

razorcake.org (US) MAY 2019 Pale Lips makes zero apologies about their Ramones riffs and Nikki And The Corvettes rock’n’roll stylings. Totally in line with Natalie Sweet’s recent release, it’s brimming with power pop and saccharine-sweet bubble gum. Tight bass and straight ahead rock’n’roll riffs keep things simple and catchy. They’ve got songs called “Hanky Panky Franky” and “Doo-Wop Showaddywaddy.” It’s like a cheesy B movie: Switchblade bad girls chewing bubble gum while twisting their hair in a dark alley, waiting to lure in some greaser named Johnny who did one of their gal pals wrong. Lesson? Don’t fuck with them or you’ll get cut… in the sweetest way possible.(CR)

badfeelingmag.com (CAN ) FEB 2019 There was a sweet spot in the 70’s when old-fashioned rock n’ roll and the early onset of punk crossed paths, creating high octane acts like Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers and Canada’s own The Modernettes, bands that melded Chuck Berry riffs with punk rock attitude and armfuls of hooks. Montreal’s Pale Lips straddle both those worlds expertly on their sophomore LP, After Dark, delivering a timeless sounding record that wouldn’t seem out-of-place on a 70’s power-pop compilation, without ever coming off like a calculated revival act. After Dark is a pure, classic rock n’ roll record, with immediately hummable guitar riffs that drive some truly catchy songwriting. “Johnny” features more wailing sax than anything off of Exile on Main Street, while “All My Baby Brought Back Was The Blues” speeds along with some killer harmonica playing. Those RN’R elements, added to the band’s already potent breakneck power-pop sound, make for an exciting and eminently re-listenable album, with singer Jackie Blenkarn powerfully crooning and growling her way across the album’s 12 fun tracks. Pale Lips are here to provide a good time, and After Dark is likely to get even the grumpiest punks at the back of the bar to cut a rug. (GS)

The PALE LIPS is all-girl four piece rock'n'roll band from Montreal, Canada. The four brats Jamie, Jackie, Lynn, Ilona got the coolest flavours in chewing gum juke box rock and blow big bubbles turning to daggers. NIKKI CORVETTE style 60´girl group harmonies, rolling 50´s rhythm section, edgy 70´s JOAN JETT song writing with a TINA & TOTAL BABES fun ride. Take the DONNAS microwave popcorn and late 70´s VKTMS punk kicks dismiss the flower & indie rock purveyors. Trenched with wonderful back-ups "in After Dark" is a power-pop, hook-driven album with that certain gleam of silver light. After their first album "Wanna Be Bad" and couple singles, this is the second effort.Canada had the MODERNETTES, B-GIRLS, RIFF RANDELLS and now Pale Lips! European Tour for After Dark and after Polar Vortex Freeze starting in February! It´s getting HOT!

European Tour 2019
02.02.19 CAN - Turbo Haus, Montreal
03.02.19 CAN - Black Squirrel Books, Ottawa
European Tour 2019
08.02.19 IT - Joshua, Como
09.02.19 IT - Skaletta Rock Club, La Spezia
10.02.19 IT - Nonna Papera, Genova
11.02.19 IT - Treviglio
12.02.19 FR - Trokson, Lyon
14.02.19 ES - tba, Sopelano
15.02.19 ES - Beleza Malandra Ateneo Kulturala, Bermeo
16.02.19 ES - Wurlitzer Ballroom,Madrid
17.02.19 ES - Nave 9, Bibao (13.00)
17.02.19 ES - Lata de Zinc, Oviedo (21.00)
19.02.19 BE - Cafè Den Tip, Vorselaar
20.02.19 BE - The Pit's, Kortrijk
21.02.19 DE - Gleis 22, Munster
22.02.19 DE - Komet, Hamburg
23.02.19 DE - Urban Spree, Berlin
24.02.19 DE - Zxrx, Leipzig
25.02.19 DE - Dresden - Mondfisch
26.02.19 DE - Kunstkeller, Furth
27.02.19 DE - Private, Altotting
28.02.19 CH - Renee Bar, Basel
01.03.19 CH - Planet Spade, Bern
02.03.19 IT - Taun, Fidenza

PALE LIPS US Tour Oct 2019
20.09.2019 CAN - Vankleek Hill, ON - Beau's Oktoberfest
25.10.2019 CAN - Winooski, VT - The Monkey House
26.10.2019 US - Bostom, MA - O'Brien's Pub
27.10.2019 US - Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus
30.10.2019 US - Durham, NC - The Pinhook
31.01.2019 US - North Charleston, SC - The Mill
01.11.2019 US - tba
02.11.2019 US - Gainesville, FL - Loosey's (The Fest)
04.11.2019 US - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade Purgatory
05.11.2019 US - St Louis, MO Foam
06.11.2019 US - Davenport, IA - Racoon Motel
07.11.2019 US - Milwaukee, WI - X Ray Arcade
08.11.2019 US - Chicago, IL - HVAC Pub
09.11.2019 CAN - Toronto ON - Monarch
10.11.2019 CAN - Ottawa, ON - Dominion Tavern

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released January 31, 2019

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