Pale Waves have been busy. Like, really busy. Last year, they unleashed their sophomore record Who Am I? - which saw them embrace an early 00s mall-rock aesthetic indebted to the likes of Avril Lavine and Michelle Branch.
It was their most successful album in the UK so far - charting at Number 3 on the Official Albums Chart and debuting at Number 1 on the Official Independent Albums Chart for good measure.
Their third album - and second in just over years - Unwanted deepens and darkens their pop-punk approach, closer now to early-career Paramore or the heaviness of Kelly Clarkson's underrated third album, My December.
On tracks like the anthemic Reasons To Live or the heart-breaking Clean, it's clear that Pale Waves have worked hard, very hard, to make this their most meaningful album yet - one destined to tear up any post-pandemic stage they find themselves on.
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