Paul Schalda: vocals, guitar
William Schalda Jr: keyboards, backing vocals
William Schalda Sr: guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
Chris Edwards: drums
James Mignone: bass
Martha Lee: backing vocals
Kerry Sullivan: backing vocals
Debra Jans: backing vocals
There's Rope to Leave:
Paul Schalda: vocals, guitar
William Schalda Jr: keyboards
Daniel Foder: bass
Justin Guip: drums
Debra Jans: backing vocals
Anna Jans: backing vocals
Martha Lee: backing vocals
William Schalda Sr: backing vocals
Half the Time:
Paul Schalda: vocals, guitar
William Schalda Jr: keyboards, backing vocals
Michael Strandberg: guitar, backing vocals
William Strandberg: drums, backing vocals
William Schalda Sr: harmonica, backing vocals
Margaret Rockwood: backing vocals
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“Long nights will come along, I’ve gotten to give in a bit”
are lyrics that help to sum up Pablo’s second album “There’s Rope To Leave” Available Now !
The album leads the listener down a wooded path of cutthroat songwriting loaded with wonderful gems of piano, bass and drum fills, a myriad of astute lyricism and vocal melodies, as a dark current of mystery and optimism washes over the listener.
Talking 1 1/2 years to complete, Rope to Leave began as an 8 track bedroom recording in Pablo front man Paul Schalda's home but ended at Levon Helm’s upstate New York recording studio. After a brief parting from the band during some tumultuous times Will Schalda was back on board with his brother and ready to lend his piano wizardry to the sketches that Paul had been working on in his apartment.
Enter Justin Guip long time friend and collaborator. Still hot from his recent Grammy award for sound engineering on Levon Helm’s 2008 “Dirt Farmer”. Justin’s enormous drum sound and colossal fills were the third link to the opening sessions behind “There’s Rope To Leave”. Rounding out the players is Dan Foder on Bass, the backbone to the highly regarded and well-revered group, The Budos Band, dropping some skull ringed-black waves of bass bombs.
Having toured with Kevin Devine, Jennifer Oconner, and Koufax,Straylight Run, The Hush Sound, and Spitalfield all across America, Pablo and crew are ready to hit the road again. Check out local NYC area dates being added alllll the time.
"New York band Pablo's release is one of the most honest and personal albums of 2006. Led by Paul Schalda, this album is an auto-biographical view of the world that could be just about anyone's experience dealing with every-day worries and routines. Schalda's distinct and heart aching voice bring out the kind of emotion you immediately identify with and can't ignore."
NPR: National Public Radio
Recent reviews:
"Their combined influences can be heard on today’s Song of the Day, “Morning” as on the rest of the album with its raw, spacious sound that recalls the live production of Half The Time but also benefits from the extended recording time that has fostered a richer, layered and ultimately more rewarding effort overall. Pablo fans, don’t fear: the band hasn’t lost the dynamic song structures, catchy melodies, and lyrical moments that make you want to shout along cathartically. Hopefully for good now, Pablo is back."
KEXP
"New York indie band, Pablo go the self-released route with their second album. Things do not change much from their promising 2006 debut, Half The Time. Front man Paul Schalda is still delivering gorgeous, haunted melodies with his uniquely fractured vocals that fit the ramshackle acoustic sound of the band like a glove."
IGN
"I’m just gonna lay all the cards on the table: The Beta Band, Beck, The Pixies–you’ll hear them all, and with quite a bit of clarity, on this track from Pablo’s forthcoming sophomore LP (to be released on November 3rd). Whether that is a good thing or not depends not on whether you like these acts (you’d fucking better, okay?) but rather whether you can find love in homage. Paul Schalda works some vocal gymnastics on this song to earn those comparisons –can that really be him channeling Mssrs. Black and Hansen?–and “Hey Luci” is packed with frantically strummed acoustic guitars and dexterous drumming."
One Track Mind
"Pablo’s second release, There’s Rope to Leave, is a pristine 9-song collection of enchanting, piano-driven songs."
Creative Loafing
"The guitars and energy of the vocals build and swirl and quickly stop, like the changing moods we all go through every day."
Hero Hill
"Upon further audio examination, the inviting nuances and inflections that his vocal chords produced drew me closer and punched my gut instinct, well, right in the gut."
southcoast247.com
"Soulful and haunting yet sort of feel-good, the band has been touted as similar to a softer Replacements sound..."
Hate Something Beautiful
Hey Paul, It was great to see you in December! I was trying to think of the last time that we saw one another, and I think it may have been your Uncle Carmine's wedding! Please send kisses to your parents for me! I hope 2009 treats you well. :) Susan
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