On this day in 1990 (12 February 1990), Pale Saints released their debut studio album "The Comforts of Madness," which includes the songs "Way the World Is," "A Deep Sleep for Steven," "Language of Flowers," and "Sight of You."
Reviewing The Comforts of Madness for NME, Simon Williams praised the album as an "unnervingly multi-dimensional collage of melody and friction" with "at least eight Great Pop Tunes, all hooklines and absolutely no stinkers." The magazine later named it the 45th best album of 1990.
In 2016, Pitchfork ranked The Comforts of Madness at number 21 on its list of the 50 best shoegaze albums of all time.