@palewaves #newmusic #palewaves ♬ original sound – Pale Waves

@palewaves #newmusic #palewaves ♬ original sound – Pale Waves

It’s a further sign of their upcoming new album, which will follow last year’s Who Am I?. The latter received positive feedback from critics, with NME’s four-star review saying that “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.”

Who Am I? reached no.3 on the UK Albums Chart and topped the UK Independent Albums Chart, but before the year was out they were already working on the next one. It’s still to be released, but their third studio LP is reportedly already finished, and that’s been the case since before the new year.

They’ve also been touting their new song “Jealousy” on their UK tour back in February, during which Pale Waves’ frontwoman Heather Baron-Gracie promised fans a new single coming soon. It’s been a bit of a wait but that promise seems to be coming true now.

There might be some surprising moments on the new album. Baron-Gracie talked last year about how her love of the Netflix TV series Sex Education has inspired its very own Pale Waves number (you can read about this here).

And they haven’t been shy in teasers for fans, announcing the album last September with plenty of behind the scenes shots of them all working together in a studio.  Some possible lyrics were even revealed in one of the pics, giving a clue as to the tone of the new album. They read “Fragile as a feather, can’t afford to break. As I’m getting older, fear I’ll make the same mistakes. Broken around the edges.”

If you want to keep up to date with Pale Waves and their upcoming activities, you can follow them on social media here and here. Otherwise, there are a few live dates coming up, such as an appearance at this year’s Reading & Leeds festival (running this year from  August 26^th-28^th and which you can read about here) as well as a performance at Community Festival (in Finsbury Park on July 16^th). You can find tickets here.

UK! We’re adding a bunch of new dates later this year to our All The Hits! Tour. Let’s keep this party going

For access to the pre-sale at 9am on Weds 23rd, sign up here before 4pm on Tues here. https://t.co/3bgyulPjj2

General sale opens 9am this Friday 25th of Feb x pic.twitter.com/EK2LCLk877

— The WOMBATS (@thewombats) February 21, 2022

The tour is in support of their latest album, Fix Yourself, Not The World. Described by mxdwn as “colourfully catchy, upbeat and classy“, the LP became the group’s first-ever number one charting album in the UK just last month. Speaking on the exciting news, the band said that “It’s been an amazing journey since we started back in 2003 and this is such a career milestone for us. Thanks to everyone who helped us make this album … it really does take a lot of wonderful hard working people to make and put an album out.”

Created as lockdown forced people inside their homes, the band had to play the material in different countries, recording the LP remotely. Wombat drummer Dan Haggis spoke about this process, saying that “The album wouldn’t have sounded exactly the same if we’d just all been in the same room. You can’t help but be influenced by where you are, who you were, what the room sounds like …. I think the fact that Murph was doing guitars and vocals in a room altogether in a different country, everything was slightly different than it would have sounded. And I think that made the album richer, sonically.”

Aside from the new dates, the band are also set for some UK festivals on the side, appearing in the likes of Victorious Festival, Boardmasters and Community Festival (the last of which will also feature artists such as Pale Waves and Two Door Cinema Club). If you’re interested in seeing The Wombats live, the presale for tickets begins tomorrow, and following this link is the best way to start about that. Otherwise, the general sale on Friday begins at 9 am, so best rise early if you want what’s left, and for that, you can look here. And as for the new tour dates, they can be seen below.

The Wombats UK Tour Dates

12/08/2022 – O2 Academy – Edinburgh
21/08 – The Telegraph Building – Belfast
22/08 – Olympia Theatre – Dublin
21/10 – O2 Academy – Sheffield
22/10 – Rock City – Nottingham
23/10 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
25/10 – UEA (University of East Anglia) – Norwich
28/10 – O2 Victoria Warehouse – Manchester