Pale Waves have confirmed today (November 2nd), that they will be releasing new music later today. The announcement was made by lead vocalist Heather Baron-Gracie, who took to social media to deliver the brilliant news.
In a post to Instagram yesterday, Baron-Gracie shared a snap of herself, writing excitedly in the caption: “pale waves news tomorrow…. Finally”. The post has provoked a joyous response from fans, receiving over 18,000 likes. One excited fan wrote, “I can’t wait! This has saved 2020.”
Meanwhile, Pale Waves mysteriously deleted the entirety of their Instagram portfolio. This is a common hint that artists make when indicating towards new material, so fans can rest assured that some Pale Waves music is in fact on the way.
Pale Waves’ impending new single will be the first piece of music since their stunning debut album, My Mind Makes Noise. Released back in September of 2018, My Mind Makes Noises contains songs like Eighteen, There’s A Honey, and Loveless Girl.
NME said of the amazing debut: ‘My Mind Makes Noises’ is an album that obsesses over break-ups and make-ups, as well as dizzy affairs and their bitter fallouts – purposefully telling the story from all different angles. It’s the perfect record to summarise the band’s rise from Manchester’s little secret to one of the most adored new bands in the country.”
In a statement to NME last month, Heather Baron-Gracie confirmed that their second studio album is finished. When asked about their sophomore album, Baron-Gracie confirmed that the follow up to My Mind Makes Noise “is just chilling on a hard drive somewhere.”
Despite Baron-Gracie announcing a new and completed Pale Waves album, the name, tracklisting, and most importantly, the release date, remains unconfirmed. Back in May, Pale Waves premiered a demo of a new song, which could possibly feature on Pale Waves’ second album.
Entitled She’s My Religion, Baron-Gracie shared the demo to Twitter, writing to her followers that she “just wants some new PW music to come out tbh.” Baron Gracie said of She’s My Religion that the song is “a gay anthem.”
Earlier this year, Pale Waves teamed up with composer Lawrence Rothman for the moving song, SkindeepSkyhighHeartwide which was a part of the soundtrack for the horror film The Turning, which was released on January 23rd.
The end of 2020 was supposed to be an exciting time for Pale Waves. The Mancunian quartet were planning to headline Live At Leeds on November 28th, before it was unfortunately cancelled. Live at Leeds is an eclectic music festival that was established in 2007. Additional acts that were supposed to play Live At Leeds this year were Easy Life and Shame.
Pale Waves were formed in Manchester in 2014 after meeting at University. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Heather Baron-Gracie, drummer Ciara Doran, lead guitarist Hugo Silvani and keyboardist and bassist Charlie Wood.
Pale Waves dropped their debut EP, All The Things I Never Said, in 2018. The brilliant EP contains tracks like My Obsession, Heavenly, and New Year’s Eve.
The new Pale Waves song will be out later tonight.
