It was a chance meeting at Larry Lawrence in Brooklyn at 2am on a Tuesday night in late 2015 where Emanuel Ayvas (Emanuel and the Fear) and Kevin Plessner (Oceanographer / Monuments) first sparked a conversation in the almost empty bar. Realizing they lived around the block from one another, the two quickly became good friends, getting together weekly to talk and play music. Within a month they realized they had written an album’s worth of material and both agreed they needed to see what it all would sound like with a band.
Soon thereafter, good friends Grant Zubritsky (Nick Murphy f.k.a. Chet Faker / Maggie Rogers / Verite), Justin Hofmann (Are There Jungles/ Johnny V Lewis), and David Lizmi (MsMr / Innov Gnawa) all entered the picture, and over the next year, with David and Grant trading off the role of bass player, the five wrote arrangements and played a handful of shows to prepare the recording of the debut EP.
On November, 15th 2018 - Pale Ramon released Pale Ramon - LIVE at Vibromonk Studios as a YouTube Exclusive 35 minute video. The video was shot at Vibromonk Studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The video was recorded by Dan Shatzky, mixed and mastered by Christian “Leggy” Langdon, and shot by Alex Munro.
The self-titled studio production of the EP was released on April 17th 2019.
The band recently completed their sophomore album, Annie, which will be released in 2021.
Annie album credits:
Emanuel Ayvas: Vocals, synth, piano, drum programming, production
Kevin Plessner: Guitars and production
Bruno Esrubilsky: Drums (Mitski, Yungblud, Joseph)
Dave Scalia: Drums (Elle King, White Rabbits, Sky Ferreira)
Bryan Percival: Bass & synth (Verite)
David Lizmi: Bass & synth (Josiah Johnson, Dave Harrington, Sondre Lerche)
Stuart Bogie: Horns (Arcade Fire, Cassandra Jenkins, Run The Jewels)
Maia Friedman: Vocals (Dirty Projectors)
Mixing and Mastering: D. James Goodwin at The Isokon (The Hold Steady, Kevin Morby, Muzz)
Additional Production: Jeff Fettig (Maggie Rodgers, Sleigh Bells)
Additional Production on "Orchestra of Towns": Peter Lalish (Lucius)