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Wallsend, Newcastle rock trio The Pale White today share the music video for ‘Final Exit’, directed by Meg Jepson watch here. The release comes from their recently released sophomore album “The Big Sad”, via the North-East’s own End of the Wall Recordings, stream here.
Set against the backdrop of Newcastle, the new music video captures the raw charm of the everyday in the city. With frontman Adam moving through streets and backdrops familiar to the North-East, he encounters a variety of eccentric characters going about their daily routines – serving food in a greasy spoon cafe, pioneering the roller skating club and working local jobs. The video quietly observes these moments before bringing everyone together in the community hall, where the barriers drop and the city’s spirit comes alive. With scenes of drinking, dancing, and fleeting glances toward the camera, the video celebrates working-class resilience, connection, and the quiet beauty of the mundane.
Speaking on the video, frontman Adam Hope says, “Final Exit is an important song on this record. We didn’t hold back making it sound as magnificent as possible, so we knew creating the video to match would be a challenge. But when our long-time visual collaborators ‘Blood Films’ recommended Portraiture Artist Meg Jepson to take the reins, we knew we’d be in safe hands. We were immediately drawn to the authenticity of her past work on the streets of Newcastle, which captured the city and characters in a way you’d only truly know if you live here. And in her music video directing debut, she did just that.”
“The Big Sad: an album born from the ashes of dark times, 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 mixed by renowned rock producer Tom Dalgety (Pixies, Royal Blood), 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 – with Dave Barrow on bass are a testament to the North East’s recent emergence of bright talent. At the time devoid of fresh blood, Newcastle quickly became alight with buzz around The Pale White upon their formation in 2016. Brothers Adam and Jack, 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:
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
Supporting Sam Fender:
12th June: St James’ Park, Newcastle upon Tyne [SOLD OUT]
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