Pale Waves deal in rejection on dreamy new single ‘Gravity’
Pale Waves have shared a brand new single ‘Gravity — test it out under.
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The tune serves because the third preview of the Manchester band’s fourth album ‘Smitten’, which is due for launch on September 20 through Soiled Hit (pre-order/pre-save here).
Constructed round brilliant, dreamy guitar strums, ‘Gravity”s optimistic soundscape contradicts the moodier lyrics, which define the torment of being dragged in numerous instructions by a lover who can’t select between their relationship or their faith: “She’s pulling me like gravity in all places she goes / Am I in too deep, or out of my attain?” frontwoman Heather Baron-Gracie sings.
Talking on the observe, Baron-Gracie stated: “Gravity is a few lady who selected Jesus over me. It took the longest of all the songs on the album to complete, I believe we will need to have rewritten it hundreds of thousands of occasions to get it to the place it’s now.”
Test it out under.
Pale Waves just lately introduced a UK headline tour for this autumn, together with a gig at Right here at Outernet in London. Find any remaining tickets here, and see the total schedule under.
In July, the band launched a euphoric break-up single ‘Glasgow’, which preceded ‘Fragrance’ — the lead single from ‘Smitten’. The forthcoming album will observe on from 2022’s ‘Undesirable’, and was written over two years between the US and the UK.
“I discovered myself writing about not only a sure time interval, however my complete life, from years in the past,” stated Baron-Gracie in a earlier assertion.
“Once I fall in love, I fall deep, and it’s attention-grabbing to me which you can really feel so fascinated and smitten with somebody after which they will turn out to be a complete stranger. So I really feel like ‘Smitten’ actually summarised completely what I felt for others at a sure level.”
Final November, the band revealed that they had been engaged on the document – and known as it their “greatest but”.
Pale Waves’ 2024 UK tour dates are:
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03 – The Waterfront, Norwich
04 – O2 Academy, Liverpool
05 – Neighbourhood Pageant, Manchester
06 – Rock Metropolis, Nottingham
08 – Chalk, Brighton
09 – O2 Academy, Bristol
10 – Foundry, Sheffield
11 – Fats Sam’s, Dundee
13 – SWG3, Glasgow
14 – Boiler Store, Newcastle
15 – O2 Institute, Birmingham
17 – Right here at Outernet, London
‘Smitten’, shall be Pale Waves’ fourth album, following 2022’s ‘Undesirable‘, which obtained a four-star overview from NME. “Elevating the shipwreck of pop-punk from yesteryear and re-fitting it because the flagship for many who really feel genuinely maligned, Pale Waves’ third album is something however ‘Undesirable’.”