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PALE WAVES
share new album
‘UNWANTED’

Out now via DIRTY HIT

+ Unveils new video for
‘CLEAN’

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Photo Credit: Pip

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Praise for UNWANTED

“‘Unwanted’ shines in its ability to produce a pop-punk anthem your ‘00s faves wish they could’ve written.” 4* – DIY

“‘Unwanted’ is the album they have been building up to their entire lives: one perfectly matched for the times and poised to take Pale Waves to new stratospheric levels.”  4* – DORK

“Unwanted encompasses the best of what Pale Waves have to offer: an in-your-face, unapologetic exploration of emotions and the human psyche” 8/10 – Gigwise

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Pale Waves release their anticipated new album UNWANTED. Available now via Dirty Hit, the band’s third full length album is a bold statement of reclamation – from the lyrics to the title itself.

To coincide with the release, the band have also shared a brand new video for ‘Clean’; the album track described by front-woman Heather Baron-Gracie as “a song for the LGBTQ community”.

“‘Clean’ is about that honeymoon stage of a relationship where you can’t get enough of them – you want to be immersed in them every single second.” notes Heather. “You’re the one girl that I just can’t get enough of.”

Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Zakk Cervini (Blink 182, Modern Baseball, Halsey), Pale Waves’ third studio album is 13 tracks of classic pop punk with an edge. Think Sum-41 by way of Veruca Salt; all the crunchy guitars and rhythmic drive of a 2000s pop punk classic with the rage of a 90s rock band.

It is an album that knows exactly what it is, goes all in, and does it well. The band found themselves in a place of greater confidence and happiness, and that comes through in the sound – whether their drummer Ciara Doran pushing their ability to keep up the drive behind such robust pop-punk anthems, or Baron-Gracie embracing the darker feelings and frustrations she’s only recently been able to express. “Before, I didn’t really feel ready as a person to be like, ‘yeah, I can be an angry woman and I’m proud of that’,” she explains. By contrast, UNWANTED feels like the purgative scream at the end of a years-long inhalation.

“Unwanted is in your face, and that’s exactly what I wanted,” Baron-Gracie says resolutely. “I want Pale Waves to keep growing in this direction. Bigger, bolder, and more unapologetic.”

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Pale Waves have been on a personal and artistic journey since the release of their debut album My Mind Makes Noises in 2018. These experiences have begun to inform their songs in recent years and are what jump to the fore on UNWANTED.

“It was really the only thing this album could be called”, says Baron-Gracie, now 27. “It’s bold and unapologetic, and that’s what the Pale Waves community is about. We don’t need to fit a perfect mould, we don’t need to apologise for being ourselves, and we won’t change for anyone. That acceptance is what connects us”.

Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Zakk Cervini, whose credits read like a who’s who of alt royalty – from Blink-182 and Modern Baseball, to Halsey and Machine Gun Kelly, UNWANTED is a record that reaches out into the passionate community of misfits and LGBTQI fans around the band, tapping into darker emotions than ever before while also striking a fresh tone of defiance.

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More about PALE WAVES:

Pale Waves will follow a packed summer of UK festival appearances with their biggest UK headline tour to date. Beginning with a hometown date at Manchester’s Albert Hall on 25th November, the tour will culminate with a show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday 30th November.

Tickets are available now HERE

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UNWANTED
track list:

Lies
Unwanted
The Hard Way
 Jealousy
 Alone
 Clean
 Without You
 Only Problem
 You’re So Vain
 Reasons To Live
 Numb
 Act My Age
 So Sick (Of Missing You)

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AMNPLIFY – DB