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Member Since2/15/2006
Band MembersMichael Gale - Vocals,Guitar
InfluencesMostly dead people.
Sounds LikeINCREIBLES CO-PILGRIM!
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Record Label Low Transit Industries
Type of LabelIndie


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BIOGRAPHY: I was born in the winter, during the ’70s. I was raised in a small village in Devon from the age of 3, overlooking the very beach that was to become the cover of Pink Floyds 1987 top 3 hit album ‘A Momentary Lapse of Reason’ (the one with all the beds on it). I spent my idyllic childhood here until the age of 11 when I was moved along with the rest of my family back to my birthplace of Southampton. Up until this point I was a confident, cocky individual; headboy at school, lead in the school play. I had the voice of an angel; it would make the other kids and their jealous parents weep. However, moving to the big smoke transformed me. Other kids became suspicious and I kept myself to myself. I was a sure candidate to arrive at school one day with a grin, machine gun and a few grenades for good measure. Music saved my life, or at the very least the lives of my ‘classmates’. I was introduced to the Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers at the age of fourteen by my brother and from there it's all a bit of a blur. I formed my first band a few months later, forcing various freaks and victims to get their parents to buy them instruments, before sacking them and going solo. This started a trend that continues to this day. I met like minded and easily moulded ‘alternative’ kids at an infamous nightclub on the mean streets of Southampton’s red light district, and this was where Black Nielson was born. Over the years my music taste and personal sound has developed from my punk origins to a massive and incurable obsession with The Beach Boys, Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons, Bill Callahan, etc., etc. But I still have the voice of an angel. In 2006, after the split of Black Nielson, I decided to come up with a catchy name for my solo project. I had the ‘co-’ but nothing to go with it until one day a vagrant that I had given some chewing gum started shouting over and over that I was ‘the pilgrim’. That’s a true story. Soon after I embarked on a disastrous relationship with American folk singer Ilona V. I moved to New York, she joined co-pilgrim, we played one show and then she decided that she didn't want to marry me after all and so I was sent back to Southampton. She no longer takes my calls or acknowledges my emails but her music is great, you should check it out. So I thought I'd try out Melbourne for a while. I quickly found a group of friends and a new bandmate in the shape of Alysia Manceau, but unfortunately this wasn't to last. My visa again ran out and I was forced to return once more to Southampton, from which I write this now. Then to Belgium, to record this latest album. It's easy to get there on the 'chunnel' and my good friend and producer Julien Paschal invited his good friends to bring their respective instruments along to the studio, and as quickly as possible lay down their shit on top of mine. I'd heard that this was how Will Oldham recorded, so I thought I'd try. I think it worked.  

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Talitres Records

Talitres Records



Nov 5 2009 6:33 PM


The Velocettes

The Velocettes



Nov 2 2009 11:43 AM

hey can the 'real' alysia still be your top friend?.. x
Official German Strify Support [International]

Official German Strify Support [International]



Oct 29 2009 11:02 AM











 

Cyril Bivalski - Photographe(r)

Cyril Bivalski



Sep 3 2009 4:11 PM

Ho. Yo. Ohio.
Cyril Bivalski - Photographe(r)

Cyril Bivalski



Aug 31 2009 10:40 AM

Ho.
adrugan - EP disponible !

adrugan - EP disponible !



Aug 28 2009 4:36 PM

Belles chansons chez vous !

Kisses from France,

PM
V.O.

V.O.



Aug 21 2009 12:03 PM

Hello!



Just to say we'll play in England in Sept supporting Soy un Caballo!


Hope to see you there!


Cheers


boris







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Photobucket
Live On Stage

Live On Stage



Aug 19 2009 3:10 PM

Looking forward to September 11th !

Affiche Folk septembre 2009
6 Day Riot

6 Day Riot



Aug 3 2009 2:54 PM

Thanks, we had a great time :) lovely music you have here.
this is the kit

this is the kit



Jul 19 2009 7:15 PM

whalebone polly tour with rozi plain poster with gigs on

www.myspace.com/whalebonepolly
SXSC

SXSC



Jun 30 2009 4:42 PM

TRUCK

truck Festival



Jun 7 2009 3:00 PM

Buy tickets for Truck

Playing alongside ASH / SUPERGRASS /DAMO SUZUKI (CAN)  /  VIEUX FARKA TOURE  / THE CANDYSKINS  /RED LIGHT COMPANY / WINTERSLEEP / FANFARLO / HJALTALIN / ERRORS / YACHT /  DJ FOOD & DK / TOTAL SCIENCE / T.E.E.D./WILD BEASTS / A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS / GRAMMATICS /THE JOY FORMIDABLE / THE XCERTS /  PULLED APART BY HORSES/ BROKEN RECORDS / MARK OLSON & GARY LOURIS / PETE MOLINARI  
 
plus...

and so i watch you from afar/ calories/ chew lips/ colour/ danny and the champions of the world/ data select party / detroit social club/ dive dive/ dusty & the dreaming spires/ house of brothers/ skylarkin/ sportsday megaphone / the candyskins/ the elysian quartet/ the ghost of a thousand / the relationships/ the xx/ this town needs guns/ thomas truax/ treetop flyers/ truckers of husk/ we were promised jet packs/white belt yellow tag
Glen

Glen



May 30 2009 10:01 AM

Hey dude, Yes it has been to long since I heard that silky smooth voice. I will be in phone reach all weekend so give me a shout.
I love the new vids!
Talitres Records

Talitres Records



May 7 2009 11:10 AM

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DARDII

DARDII



May 6 2009 1:45 PM

loving the finished track's dude
La Fée Clo

La Fée Clo



Apr 22 2009 5:10 PM

NEW SONGS SO SWEAT !!!
They smell like a "lovely Easter weekend in Brussels"...
;)
The Velocettes

The Velocettes



Apr 19 2009 10:59 AM

The Velocettes

The Velocettes



Apr 18 2009 9:54 AM

its time to rehearse in the bathroom again.. when are you free?

a.
x
The Velocettes

The Velocettes



Apr 10 2009 6:07 AM

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

alysia.. (surf princess of melbourne)
rawfrucht

rawfrucht



Mar 30 2009 4:00 PM

I'll try to arrange a show friday 10th april in Brussels!
Yeah!
th
Glen

Glen



Mar 21 2009 12:23 AM

You are missed not forgotten!!!
alysia

alysia manceau



Mar 19 2009 3:02 AM

no one will save you.. no one will hurt you.. no one but me..
Mattt

Mattt



Mar 13 2009 11:10 PM

Thank you dude ! You're awsome too. I can't wait to play with you.
:)
Young Werther

Young Werther



Mar 13 2009 10:29 PM

F'n Hell Mike!

'Goin to the country' if a f'n killer!

Beautiful production to boot. Makes me happy, sad, jealous and alive all at once...

Can't wait to hear the album..
Love Mick
Ejector Seat

Ejector Seat



Mar 12 2009 9:34 PM

Glad to hear some new ones.
Hope you're well.

Mac
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