A brand spanking new Pale single "Chocolate Factory" b/w "Lady Gregory" becomes available for free digital download on I-Tunes. 
The tracks will also be available in limited CD format from the shop on the 1969 Records site (www.1969records.com) and through Road Records.

Classic Pale, in both its quirkiness and pop sensibility, Chocolate Factory should form the basis to a grooving summer for the band.

The band have recently completed work on a new album, but before that comes out there are  rumours of a collection of Pale music and tracks for later on in the year.  As anyone who has seen the recent live shows will know, there is still a great affection for earlier tracks such as "Butterfly", "Mother Nature is a Man", "Dogs with no Tails" and "Shut up Venus" and notwithstanding the long unavailability of these tracks on CD, this is something that the band are hoping to address in the coming months, as well as including some more experimental and even more rare material.
 
The band continue to tour around Ireland on the forthcoming dates with many more to be announced.
11th of June An Brog, Cork
 4th  of July Dolans, Limerick
16th of July Joe Lees, Tullamore
15th of August  McHughs, Drogheda
16th of  August The Stables, Mullingar
 
Later this month, the Pale pay a trip to the Czech Republic playing a number of dates (including festivals) over there.
Introducing the critically acclaimed "The Contents of a Shipwreck" to a European audience.
19th of June Dum kultury, Milevsko
20th of June Jazz Club Tibet ,Olomouc
21st of June Kotvice, Studenka
21st of June Valassky Spalicek, Mezirici

Pale main men Matthew Devereux and Shane Wearen are set to appear in a new short film called 'Intersection Number 9' which is premiering in Galway in July and the Pale have also contributed a number of tracks to the soundtrack of the movie.
 
Check out www.pale.ie for all upcoming  tour and release details as well as on the 1969 Records site 

www.1969records.com .

Daragh Bohan.