The Pastels

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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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The Pastels canonical 2
Stephen Pastel and The Pastels 1

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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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Kevin Shields associatedAct The Pastels
The Pastels alsoKnownAs The Pastels
this entity surface form: Stephen Pastel and The Pastels