Pale Blue Eyes Tickets

Championing an atmospheric, guitar driven and euphoric mood that sways between The Cure, New Order and DIIV, Pale Blue Eyes are a shining beacon of England’s South West music scene. 

Few share the luxury of being creative companions with their married partner, but it was music that first brought Matt and Lucy Board together. Born in Sheffield, drummer Lucy had played in several bands in the city’s scene, including a few projects with Adrian Flanagan of The Moonlandingz fame, before being drawn to Devon to study - the quaint coastal town of Totnes soon called, where she began playing in a band with Matt. 

Lucy had devoted her studies to New Wave titans Cabaret Voltaire, while Matt had declared his love for post-rock maestros Sigur Rós by taking a trip to their studio in Iceland. The pair married in 2018, but their creative vision was also clear: swelling synths, driving rhythms and an air of curiosity. 

Later joined by young avid photographer Aubrey Simpson (who the couple had met at Totnes’ Sea Change Festival) who filled in on bass serendipitously one morning, Pale Blue Eyes began to take shape. The trio worked any and every job they could to fund their own studio, Penquit Mill, set in the green pastures of Dartmoor, where they could work on material on their own time. Early singles ‘Motionless’ and ‘Chelsea’ were an indication of their range, journeying from head-nodding psychedelia to slowed, cinematic bursts. 

Galvanised by their creative freedom, the band soon wrapped up their debut full-length, but the lockdowns of 2020 put a halt on its release and, like the rest of us, the band patiently waited. Two years later, Souvenirs was finally let free, opening with a bang on the heady and kinetic ‘Globe’. ‘TV Flicker’ had a similar off-kilter sci-fi charm, while the likes of ‘Dr Pong’ and ‘Champagne’ showcased the band’s ear for contagious vocal melodies.  

While audiences enjoyed the immersive debut as the band toured the UK, including a performance at Sea Change, Lucy, Matt and Aubrey were already stuck into their second album. As their 2023 single ‘More’ illustrates, Pale Blue Eyes continue to carve a space somewhere between the glowing ethereality of dream pop and the hypnotic, ticking drive of Krautrock.