The Pastels

E391184
indie pop band musical group

The Pastels are a Scottish indie pop band formed in the early 1980s, known for their influential, understated sound that helped shape the twee and indie pop movements.

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Label Occurrences
The Pastels canonical 2
Stephen Pastel and The Pastels 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indie pop band ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1981 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Pastels ⓘ
surface form: Stephen Pastel and The Pastels
associatedAct Belle and Sebastian ⓘ
Teenage Fanclub ⓘ
The Jesus and Mary Chain ⓘ
The Vaselines ⓘ
basedIn Glasgow ⓘ
countryOfFormation United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
dateOfFormation early 1980s ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
indie pop ⓘ
noise pop ⓘ
twee pop ⓘ
hasCharacteristic lo-fi aesthetic ⓘ
melodic guitar pop ⓘ
understated sound ⓘ
hasDiscographyType EPs ⓘ
compilation albums ⓘ
singles ⓘ
studio albums ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn C86 scene ⓘ
Glasgow indie scene ⓘ
indie pop bands of the 1990s ⓘ
hasOnlinePresence official band website ⓘ
hasRole cult band ⓘ
pioneers of twee pop ⓘ
influenced indie pop movement ⓘ
twee pop movement ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
locationOfFormation Glasgow ⓘ
notableMember Annabel Wright ⓘ
Katrina Mitchell ⓘ
Stephen McRobbie ⓘ
notableSingle Nothing to Be Done ⓘ
Something Going On ⓘ
Truck Train Tractor ⓘ
notableWork Illumination ⓘ
Apple Safari ⓘ
surface form: Mobile Safari

Sittin' Pretty ⓘ
Slow Summits ⓘ
Up for a Bit with The Pastels ⓘ
recordLabel Creation Records ⓘ
Domino Recording Company ⓘ
Geographic Music ⓘ
Glass Records ⓘ

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Domino Recording Company → signedArtist → The Pastels ⓘ
Kevin Shields → associatedAct → The Pastels ⓘ
The Pastels → alsoKnownAs → The Pastels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stephen Pastel and The Pastels