Since signing to independent record label Dirty Hit in 2017, Manchester indie-rock band Pale Waves have been growing in popularity and their run of form doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. From supporting the 1975 on sold out tours worldwide, to selling out shows of their own on tours across the UK, the group are well on their way to stardom. The band, consisting of lead vocalist, Heather Baron-Gracie, Ciara Doran, Hugo Silvani and Charlie Wood, released their second album “Who am I?” in February 2021 which reached number 3 on the UK charts and came in at number 1 on the UK indie charts. Pale Waves returned in phenomenal fashion to Manchester for their homecoming show down at the Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse and we were lucky enough to be there. Support for the night came from Bitters and Hot Milk.
The atmosphere was electric and by the time the venue descended into darkness it was immediately filled with screams from those in attendance. Beams of bright light flashed and shot out deep into the Manchester crowd as the band walked onto the stage and kicked off the night with ‘Change’. Heather Baron-Gracie had the crowd eating out of her hands as she welcomed the fans to the show, she was quite clearly loving the crowd’s energy from the very start and this energy didn’t stop once throughout the night. Pale Waves would go on to perform fan favourites from their discography such as ‘Television Romance’ and an acoustic rendition ‘Odd Ones Out’, brand-new song ‘Jealousy’ was also teased and it sounded excellent! The encore songs for the night were the legendary and well-known ‘She’s my Religion’ and ‘There’s a honey’. It was a homecoming show like no other and this band have such immense talent that it’s hard to imagine that this will be the last time they play a venue of this magnitude and I expect to hear big, big things from Pale Waves in the future.
PALE WAVES
Photos + Review by Lewis Roberts| Exclusively for Music! Why Not