The Tide- Pale Waves Review

Image result for the tide pale wavesPale Waves is a promising young band coming from the UK, on the label Dirty Hit with The 1975, a band they sound very close to. They released the tracks There's A Honey and Television Romance last year, and toured extensively with The 1975. This recognition made it so they were featured and almost all of the UK sound of 2018 lists, and were even nominated for an NME award. New Year's Eve also came out last year, which was supposed to be the first single for a four track EP of the same name. Then My Obsession and this son, The Tide, came, out, and they swelled it to four tracks and changed the name to All The Things I Never Said EP.


The song has a pretty good riff, with well done interplay between the lead and rhythm guitars, much like New Year's Eve. It builds up to a well done verse that breaks down to just drums and bass. The able-bodied vocals from Heather Baron-Gracie, which move it to the guitar backed chorus, are yearning and have a pretty good rhythm, flipping between many varied lines with ease. The chorus is a big buildup, with backing vocals and varied natural and electronic drums, with a peculiar yet well-fitted keyboard bit moving the second verse to the chorus. The bridge is actually pretty good, a bit like the studio versions of many The Sherlocks songs (the song structures are a bit different live- I saw them play a mean show last year and am looking forward to another killer this year if i can get tickets)- basic, low back guitar strums but with a very electronic, double time trap beat. It fits pretty well with the song, and works well with their style- they really need a break towards the end of the song they can built back up instead of extending the song's climax. The buildup from that bridge is even better than the song's intro and makes the verse and chorus after so much better.

I didn't know how I felt about this song originally, but now it's grown on me- and I think it could be one of their best yet. The new EP will be pretty good and i will definetely get it on vinyl, and i look forward to more EPs and maybe an album soon. Who knows- maybe i'll even catch them on their tour.
 

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