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Wasted Years Together

by Pale North

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Bea Laverne
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Bea Laverne Outrageously gorgeous and lush, makes me long for a past I never had. Thank you for making beautiful music Favorite track: It's You and Me Against the World (Life of a Narcissist).
Frankie D
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Frankie D Really really grateful to Pale North for the emotions they convey in this. I feel a lot of nostalgia for when I was an 18/19 y/o and this album works like time travel. Came across this on rym, and look forwards to hearing more stuff! Favorite track: It's You and Me Against the World (Life of a Narcissist).
misstibet
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misstibet Amazing, layered Indie. surely one of my 2018 AOTYs Favorite track: Life's Not Always Out to Get You (Death of a Narcissist).
jupiter
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jupiter honestly what a beautiful album, being a delta native this feels so personal and made with love and care. brie and frank are an amazing duo and i can’t wait for them to blow the fuck up Favorite track: It's You and Me Against the World (Life of a Narcissist).
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1.
The greatest set of whiskey songs, Is something that'll make up for all my wrongs, We'll get to the city, it won't take long, It's you and me. Distant skylines, partially known, Pack up all our gear and take it to the road, Bring it all back after a decent show, It's you and me. The Delta Rise, the drunk north star, Do I ever wonder just what you are, After I stumble out of a last call bar, It's you and me. The night lasts longer when you know what it hides, Big city has final say in our lives, I won't let it change us, the spotlight is mine, It's you and me. Is it such a character flaw to want the world to like me? I can't change the world with an indie rock CD. But you know I can try. God knows I'll try, it's you and me. Back where it all starts, a lamppost on a hill, Childhood memories that the liquor won't kill, We can write our band's logo again, The suburbs are ours, it's you and me. Green Day covers in our parent's garage, Tell all our friends about our punk rock songs, Who would have ever thought we'd still be here, It's you and me against the world. *** I am an asshole, I am selfish, I look like a shellfish. I've got high cheek bones, And a big crooked nose, That's all folks.
2.
Kind of awkward, am I freaking you out? I don't mean to be rude, but I'm a wreck and I need some help, What's your name, forget the time, can I just ask you to dance? The red in your cheeks flared, and my record came on again. Give me your arms, and let me spin you around. I'm nervous, I'm thinking, that I'm letting you down. Let me tell you one thing; I don't know what I'm doing, Let me tell you a second thing; I've never done this before, I feel like a spider on the wall, and I've already spilled my drink, I'm surprised you even talked to me. Give me your arms, and let me spin you around. I'm nervous, I'm thinking that I'm letting you down. I'm so glad to see your face, because I can't behave in public places.
3.
Through the fences and the barbed wire, An unwilling children's choir, You know it's not what we want. The world looks so blue from up here. You put the white in the red, white, and blue, Red ingrained in the minds of your youth, I know the good die young, sleeping in the gutter, If you're complacent, you're guilty.
4.
There was a fire hall off 116th, Housed the arts since before me. Now it's a gravel field with machinery, To build some condos emphasizing luxury. I used to skate behind the city hall, With my soon to be lover, I used to gush about her all the time, To my sister who used to be a brother. We don't skate too much anymore, Now we're working all the time, I'm so scared we might just drift apart, I've been giving, you've been taking. This is the price of growing old, This is the pain of losing all we had, And you wonder why, We never had faith in the first place. I think of the days gone by, Small town ghosts in a parking lot, Urban decay in a boomer town, The kids who were born here are all gone, The mainland is starting to sink, Everyone's packed and heading east, The kids don't know where to go in a sea of flooded homes, But they were empty anyway, So we can let them all just float away, A tsunami of what's there and what was, You gave us nothing, just fucking take it all, Just take it. This is the price of growing old, This is the pain of losing all we had, And you wonder why, We never had faith in the first place.
5.
Horse Man 04:21
I woke up naked, alone and sedated, With a taste of ash in my mouth. I looked in a bloody, broken mirror, I saw a man who's been dead, for 29 years, And he told me, it's all downhill from here. So get your shit together, you're just another drunk in leather. He played my songs, but I didn't feel him sing, My body moves, but you don't feel a thing, And he kissed me goodbye. We're going backwards in time, All the drugs you love are mine, I'll drink while you drive.
6.
Deep End 02:03
I'm swimming in the deep end, And I think the sharks have found me, In the pool with my life jacket, It's coming on again. I know why snakes can't swim, But I'll try my hardest, I'm in the deep end.
7.
Snake Lake 03:48
I've been swimming in the deep end, Been floating in a pool of sharks, And they're angry, Because I know them all too well. I'm keeping my head under water, So I can open my eyes, And see the cesspool all around me. I'm drowning in the deep end, And God it's a work of art, The suits are soaked, The sharks are coming. Throw the fakes in the snake lake, I've been a liar since the start, Boardroom faux-craft songs, Just sing along. Do I have to fake it to make it? Because I've got my whole career at stake, Do I have to fake it to make it? Another fake in the snake lake, I don't know who to trust anymore, To fuck anymore, Throw the fakes in the snake lake, Six figures keep it in the dark, In the meantime we'll take your hearts. Do I have to fake it to make it? Because I've got my whole career at stake, Do I have to fake it to make it?
8.
Plastic people, Plastic people, The sun will burn you all, Well it's gonna last, Heat wave, thunderstorm. What have you done? Do you want to be god's greatest failure? If you're up there, why have you forsaken this place? Plastic people, You shake at the bone, Light your homemade sun.
9.
Don't let me waste my salad days, I know the main course is on its way, And if I should ever stray, Just put me down. We've wasted years together, But what's the price? The gas keeps going up, But the loneliness is free. So grab your guitar, And grab your keys, Wear your heart on your sleeve, This is how it's supposed to be. I love you big city, but you were never meant for me. I've spent my entire summer thinking, About what I would be doing, When the autumn trees lose their leaves. And I think that I can conclude, All that I need to do, Is record an album that'll exist forever, In my youth. I love you big city, but you were never meant for me.
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It feels almost morally wrong, To want to write the greatest set of whiskey songs, What good is being sad in a basement, For over two years with a close friend. Laughing and crying, Waiting for the last night on earth to take us away, Someday soon I'll need to learn, That life's not always out to get you. No matter how good I think I am, I'm just one half of an indie band, And if we ever get big, I'm still just human, And I woke up naked, I thought I found my end, I'm not a tragic hero, But I think I'm losing my edge.

about

Cover by: Eliza Lutek, Max Leckie, and Kayla Frier.

It's finally done. What a weight off of my shoulders. I can't speak for the other half, but I'm exhausted.

We've been writing and recording these songs DIY style in Frank's basement for the past two years, though a song or two has origins even before then. This album was written and recorded entirely by two kids from the ages of 18 to 19.

I'm almost 20 now. I look back at some of the things we wrote and I can only smile. It feels nostalgic to me, and it's not even out to the public. There have been so many changes in our lives since we started this project, it's like we're both different people. We came in ambitious and naive, and left triumphant and... naive. We had no idea how to make an album, we just wanted to make something for people to hear, and identify with. We threw everything at the wall, and just cobbled sounds together (with two microphones!)

Mornings spent pounding away on the drums trying to get a take I liked, telling him "Nah, layer the solos over each other", wondering what was making the whole song clip, man, it was a journey.

We'd like to thank Ronald Nazal for coming in late into our production and mastering everything. We basically gave him an impossible task in making this sound good, considering how poorly we recorded it, but I think he did very well.

We'd also like to thank: Nick Somers, Max Leckie, Eliza Lutek, Slade Brown, Kayla and Kristen Frier, Switch to Black, Outside Influence, Martin Grice, Alejo Saralegui, Holly and Alex Inglis, Jaydyn Baillie, Alex Krups, Dakota McGhie, our parents, all the boys from Delta who bring the party every goddamn show we play, and to anyone I'm missing because I'm stupid.

See you guys soon. We're not stopping.

credits

released September 21, 2018

Brie Rose: Drums, Synths Lyrics, Vocals
Frank Hops: Guitar, Bass, Synths, Vocals, Lyrics
Ronald Nazal: Production, Mastering

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Pale North Vancouver, British Columbia

Pretty music for pretty people, indie rock band from Delta, BC.

brie - drums & vocals
frank - guitar & vocals
slade - bass

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