Pale Saints were an English alternative rock and shoegaze band formed in 1987 in Leeds by singer-bassist Ian Masters, guitarist Graeme Naysmith and drummer Chris Cooper.

By the time they recorded their first EP, Barging Into the Presence of God, released in 1989, the band went into a direction that displayed a mix of Ian Masters' ethereal, choirboy-like vocals along with dark atmospheric and noisy pop tunes.

[1] Sticking with producer Hugh Jones, the group released the Fine Friend EP in mid-1994, followed by their third album, Slow Buildings.

[2] In conjunction with the August 2020 Record Store Day release of the Japanese singles compilation Mrs. Dolphin on vinyl for the first time, Masters worked with director and Big Beautiful Bluebottle bandmate Terako Terao to make a video for "Sight of You.

In 1994, Masters, recording under the name Pail Saint, released the album Noise Bucket on Time Stereo, the label run by His Name Is Alive auteur Warren Defever.

Browne went on to play with Warm Jets, Rialto,[2] and White Hotel (with Jean-Marc Butty, longtime drummer for PJ Harvey) before briefly returning to Canada in 2001, then relocating to San Francisco in 2002.

There she played with local rock noir chanteuse Rykarda Parasol, appearing on her Here She Comes EP and the Our Hearts First Meet album, then went on to record and tour with The Wronglers, an old-time band with Warren Hellman, founder and financer of San Francisco’s free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, who also made an album with Jimmie Dale Gilmore called “Heirloom Music”.