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Pale Waves

Smitten

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‘Smitten’ represents the fourth Pale Waves album in the past six years, which in this day and age is nothing short of prolific! Each album has benefited from its own identify with the band clearly willing to double down on a sound or concept when it arises.

The theme this time around comes from youthful romantic learnings and exploration as frontwoman Heather Baron-Gracie reflects on her own experiences as she learnt more about herself and the pitfalls and positives of love.

Musically the band have left behind the pop-punk sound which dominated ‘Unwanted’ and embraced a dream pop ambience over the course of these delicate twelve new tracks. ‘Smitten’ is certainly another carefully curated sonic soundscape from the group.

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Whilst some may criticise the band for wearing their influences on their sleeves, the cohesion that they manage to achieve on each record is truly impressive. You can feel the love and passion that they put into each album and ‘Smitten’ is no different.

Pale Waves always appear in a constant state of evolution as they explore their creative abilities, taking elements from those influences and adding new layers with each new album. Again, for a band to hit this level of consistency out of the career gates is mightily impressive.

In many ways Pale Waves are something of a throwback, and again they’ve managed to create something which both old school indie pop fans and the new generation of music lover will be able to get behind.

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