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2023 reissue, 2×12″ LP, 4AD. 30th Anniversary Edition.
4AD turn back the clock to take a look at Pale Saints’ breakthrough album, In Ribbons. Striking a note between the prevalent shoegaze of the era and 4ADs earlier ethereal sound, this is a record which absolutely conjures a specific moment in time and yet has aged very well. In the bittersweet pop nous of tracks like ‘Thread Of Light’ you can hear contemporaries like Lush, but equally Meriel Barham’s vocal delivery reaches through time and lands with as much conviction now as it did back then. With a smart balance between bruising riffs and dreamy atmospherics, In Ribbons sounds in rude health on this remastered, commemorative edition and any shoegaze or early indie fan should be all over it.pale
