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{{Short description|American indie pop band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = PAS/CAL
| image                 = Pas-cal_promo2008.jpg
| caption            = 
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| background          = group_or_band
| alias               = 
| origin              = Detroit, Michigan USA
| genre               = [[indiepop]]
| years_active        = 2002–2008
| label               = [[Le Grand Magistery]]<br />[[Romantic Air]]
| associated_acts     = 
| website                 = http://pas-cal.bandcamp.com
| past_members        = Casimer Pascal, Panic, Nathan Burgundy, Gene Corduroy, Little Tommy Daniels, Trevor Naud, Bem
}}

'''PAS/CAL''' was an [[indie pop]] band from [[Detroit, Michigan]] founded in 2002 by frontman Casimer Pascal, aka Craig Benedict Valentine Badynee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1322679-Casimer-Pascal|title=Casimer Pascal|website=Discogs|access-date=2017-01-05}}</ref> The group went on to release three EPs and two 12" inch split singles over the next four years. In December 2004, American [[Online magazine|webzine]] [[Somewherecold Records|''Somewhere Cold'']] ranked their EP ''Oh Honey, We're Ridiculous'' EP of the Year on their ''2004 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame'' list.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lamoreaux|first=Jason T.|date=December 1, 2004|title=Somewhere Cold Awards 2004|url=https://somewherecold.net/2004/12/01/swc-awards-2004/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930041952/https://somewherecold.net/2004/12/01/swc-awards-2004/|archive-date=September 30, 2020|access-date=September 30, 2020|website=[[Somewherecold Records|Somewhere Cold]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

After an exhaustive two years spent writing & recording their debut LP, ''[[I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura]]'', which was released on July 22, 2008, via [[Le Grand Magistery]], PAS/CAL disbanded.

==Discography==
*''[[I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura]]'' (Le Grand Magistery, 2008)
*''Dear Sir EP'' (Le Grand Magistery, 2006)
*''Summer Is Almost Here 12"'' (Romantic Air Recording Co, 2005)
*''Season's Greetings from PAS/CAL & [[Asobi Seksu]] 12"'' (Romantic Air Recording Co, 2004)
*''Oh Honey, We're Ridiculous EP'' (Le Grand Magistery, 2004)
*''The Handbag Memoirs EP'' (Le Grand Magistery, 2002)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://pas-cal.bandcamp.com Virtually every official PAS/CAL recording via Bandcamp]
*[http://artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,4709064,00.html Interview with Casimer on ARTISTdirect]
*[http://www.dailyrindblog.com/?p=145#more-145 Interview with Casimer by The Daily Rind]
*[http://www.metrotimes.com/music/story.asp?id=13107 Feature & interview with Casimer in Metrotimes]
*[http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/new-pascal-you-were-too-old-for-me_009649.html Stereogum post regarding You Were Too Old For Me]

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