The band’s newest and heaviest album yet is in the making.
Pale Waves’ Heather Baron-Gracie has opened up about their new upcoming album, one that has some “classic Pale Waves moves in it”.
Despite a global pandemic, nothing has stopped this band from producing exceptional music; their third album will be nothing short of this. Lead singer and guitarist Baron-Gracie dives into the new album.
Following the hit album Who Am I? Pale Waves decided to begin work on their third album, which is yet to be titled. Fans of ‘You Don’t Own Me’ will be excited to hear that “in comparison to the last two records, it’s a lot harder hitting and heavier.”
In contrast to their heavier hits, there is another side to Pale Waves where there are grungy love songs such as ‘She’s my religion’. Not only was this not a regular love song, but it depicts a real relationship rather than a romanticised one. What makes this track so special is that Baron-Gracie features her girlfriend, Kelsi in the music video.
Heather further opened up about her love life. Kelsi is a big part of her creative and writing process. For fans wondering if Kelsi will make another appearance:
“There wasn’t going to be anyone else there that I wanted to do that with. I didn’t wanna create an intimate relationship with someone that wasn’t there or a complete stranger. I’m not an actress and I didn’t even want to try and do that… I felt like there was not a lot of representation out there of same sex couples, especially two women. There is a lot of gay men representation out there, but not a lot for women I feel, so I kind of knew it would really mean a lot to people if we did that so she let me convince her.”
Pale Waves are notorious for always being on the road touring. Alongside reading, yoga and watching movies, fans may find it a surprise that Heather loves time to herself.
“I very much like my time alone, everyone always says that about me. If anything I’ll either choose to be with Kelsi or choose to be alone. I don’t mind being alone, I quite enjoy it. Maybe it’s because I’ve spent years being around people constantly being on
tour and I love those people, but I very much do and I feel like when I was growing up, I spent a lot of time alone”
This upcoming record is exciting for many reasons, fans can expect songs about sexuality and identity that represent their fans. The band has a bulk of songs already with plenty more to come.
“There is an instant connection there and I’ve really missed that connection.”
Heather misses connecting with fans and being able to be in a room where everyone has the same reason for being there, to enjoy the Pale Waves community. Heather also further shares some tour stories from her time on the road:
“One time we were playing New Orleans in America, we always had this dramatic walk-on music to get the crowd hyped which goes on for minutes. It hits the climax, everyone cheers and we go into our first song, which at the time was ‘Television Romance’, and I look around at my band and I’m like “Why can’t I hear anything? I can’t hear myself.” The band begins to freak out and it got to the point where I had to shout”
“Stop! Stop! Stop the show!”
“I dropped my guitar and ran off stage.”
It was later found out that the sound technician put his microphone on the sound desk which feedback and cut the signal from Heather’s ears so she could hear nothing.
The band had another mishap during their first performance at Glastonbury which resulted in a mix-up with packs, meaning Heather and guitarist Hugo could hear each other’s mixes and not their own.
“It was scary, it was Glastonbury so I couldn’t stop.”
“Our first performance at Glastonbury which was a massive deal, I walked on and since me and Hugo had the the same initials, our tour manager at the time mistakenly gave me Hugo’s pack and everyone’s mix was so different and so unique and I got on and was like why is Hugo’s guitar the loudest thing possible and why can I not hear my vocals at all?”
They pulled through the opening under immense pressure and nerves, which is a huge accomplishment.
When asked what the band can tell fans about the album, Heather replied: “I would say turn you volume down slightly because it’s so fucking loud!” Fans can expect harder hitting and heavier songs than ever before. The band knew it was time for album three when they realised they would be travelling a lot next year and they prefer to not write albums on tour. Heather finds it difficult to write on tour and doesn’t see the appeal in it, instead she prefers to write in an environment with the band and . Currently, she is enjoying her time in LA where she will continue to write and work with the band. One thing fans can be sure of, is that this band is beautiful, bold and led by a talented artist.
The band expect to potentially drop a new song on their tour, performing in Sheffield February 23rd 2022.
(All images credit: Pale Waves/Ian Cheek)
