Pale Waves have announced their new upcoming single “Lies”, which is due out on May 9th. Taking to TikTok, they’ve previewed the new single twice on the social media site throughout the past week, revealing the lyrics “You called it love but it never had a feeling/ Ripped out my heart and left it bleeding”.
@palewaves #newmusic #palewaves ♬ original sound – Pale Waves
@palewaves #newmusic #palewaves ♬ original sound – Pale Waves
It’s a further sign of their upcoming new album, which will follow last year’s Who Am I?. The latter received positive feedback from critics, with NME’s four-star review saying that “The band capture their optimism of a new life worth living, but never shy away laying bare the challenges of doing so in times like these.”
Who Am I? reached no.3 on the UK Albums Chart and topped the UK Independent Albums Chart, but before the year was out they were already working on the next one. It’s still to be released, but their third studio LP is reportedly already finished, and that’s been the case since before the new year.
They’ve also been touting their new song “Jealousy” on their UK tour back in February, during which Pale Waves’ frontwoman Heather Baron-Gracie promised fans a new single coming soon. It’s been a bit of a wait but that promise seems to be coming true now.
There might be some surprising moments on the new album. Baron-Gracie talked last year about how her love of the Netflix TV series Sex Education has inspired its very own Pale Waves number (you can read about this here).
And they haven’t been shy in teasers for fans, announcing the album last September with plenty of behind the scenes shots of them all working together in a studio. Some possible lyrics were even revealed in one of the pics, giving a clue as to the tone of the new album. They read “Fragile as a feather, can’t afford to break. As I’m getting older, fear I’ll make the same mistakes. Broken around the edges.”
If you want to keep up to date with Pale Waves and their upcoming activities, you can follow them on social media here and here. Otherwise, there are a few live dates coming up, such as an appearance at this year’s Reading & Leeds festival (running this year from August 26th-28th and which you can read about here) as well as a performance at Community Festival (in Finsbury Park on July 16th). You can find tickets here.
