Heather Baron-Gracie, lead singer of Manchester Indie band Pale Waves, has let slip some of the plans for the group’s next album. Work on a follow-up to their February hit Who Am I? was announced last September, and one of the influences on the songwriting seems to be a certain popular Netflix show. Going to Twitter yesterday, Baron-Gracie sent a still from popular comedy-drama series Sex Education, showing characters Otis and Maeve walking together, under which Baron-Gracie said ‘Wrote a song about their relationship and I guess it ended up on album 3’.
Wrote a song about their relationship and i guess it ended up on album 3 pic.twitter.com/uWp2axTsBw
— HBG (@HBARONGRACIE) November 12, 2021
Sex Education is one of Netflix’s most popular original shows. Following the lives of a group of students, parents and teachers at Moordale Secondary School, it sees the characters trying to get by amid all the sexual mishaps and awkwardness that often comes with people their age. Starring famous names such as Asa Butterfield (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) and Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), series 3 was released last September and (SPOILERS) showed characters Otis and Maeve confessing their feelings for one another, despite the latter being about to leave for America. The show has been renewed for a fourth series.
Barron-Gracie’s news comes about as hype for the band’s next album seems to be growing. Their last effort, Who Am I?, reached number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and number one in the UK Independent Albums Chart. NME said of it that ‘There have been plenty of albums borne out of the pandemic … but few bridge the gap between the old and new world quite like ‘Who Am I?’ 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.’ Apart from their studio work, the band are also due to be doing some touring soon around the UK and Ireland. The dates can be seen below and are set for February and March next year, seeing them performing in venues such as Belfast’s The Limelight, Dublin’s The Academy and London’s Roundhouse. The band is well-versed with touring, having accompanied bands such as The 1975 back in 2017, as well as being involved in a traffic accident when their tour bus rolled off the road on the way to support singer-songwriter Halsey in Berlin. Hopefully, this time around will be a better experience for them, as the band show themselves getting to grips with pandemic life and getting back to what they love most, making music.
We’re finally getting back on the road in February and we can’t wait. We’ve missed u all so much! Tickets on sale now, let us know which show you’re coming to https://t.co/T0V9qKZTra pic.twitter.com/q0ikmHkHNc — PALE WAVES (@palewaves) October 29, 2021
11/02/2022 – Academy – Bristol
12/02 – Great Hall – Cardiff
13/02 – Rock City – Nottingham
14/02 – Academy – Birmingham
16/02 – Academy – Bournemouth
17/02 – Academy – Leeds
19/02 – Limelight – Belfast
20/02 – Academy – Dublin
21/02 – Academy – Glasgow
23/02 – Academy – Sheffield
25/02 – Academy – Leicester
26/02 – Academy – Oxford
28/02 – Roundhouse – London
01/03 – Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
