My Obsession- Pale Waves Review

Related imageI started to listen to Pale Waves about two weeks ago, because they're on Dirty Hit(the same label as The 1975 and QTY, two solid bands), and Matty Healy constantly promotes them on his Twitter account. And for good reason, too: this The 1975 produced band has an excellent pop rock guitar based feel, much like The 1975 with a female vocalist. They've released four stellar singles so far(including this one), and have an debut EP, New Year's Eve, coming january of next year.


The track starts with the riff that holds it together, a powerful but not overstated well-produced guitar. The first verse has the glittery background synth and electronic percussion that has come from The 1975's producing, which works well in this context but wouldn't by itself like sometimes happens in songs by The 1975. All of this back's Heather Baron-Gracie's multiple vulnerable confessions, including singing "I feel the same" as if she had never been asked. The second guitar also puts in a few arpeggios for good measure. The song manages to drag to four and a half minutes without being boring at the end, but as in all the Pale Waves songs the chorus is repeated a lot. The song ends pretty well, with gigantic moaning choruses next to an almost whispered outro.

All in all, I think Pale Wave is doing pretty well. This song may not match the three previous singles quite as well, but is still good. I think this might be the second single for the New Year's Eve EP, the first being New Year's Eve, probably their best song. I'm interested to see what the EP will be like, and if they tour to support Music For Cars in 2018 it will be all the more reason to go to a The 1975 concert.
 

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