Photo Credit: Kelsi Luck

After almost two weeks of teasing, Manchester’s PALE WAVES have finally announced their brand new album ‘Smitten‘.

The band’s fourth record is scheduled for release 20th September via Dirty Hit. Pre-order HERE.

‘Smitten‘ follows on from 2022’s ‘Unwanted‘, which saw the band secure their third successive top 10 album in the UK. The album was written within two years between both the US and the UK and see’s the band branch away from the pop punk sound that featured heavily on both ‘Who Am I?‘ and ‘Unwanted‘.

In a press release, Heather Baron-Gracie said “I found myself writing about not just a certain time period, but my whole life from years ago. When I fall in love, I fall deep, and it’s interesting to me that you can feel so fascinated and smitten with someone and then they can become a total stranger. So I feel like Smitten really summarised perfectly what I felt for others at a certain point.”

The brand new single titled ‘Perfume‘ featured as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record on release day, Heather continues by saying “It’s the perfect introduction into the new world we’ve created. It’s queer, it’s feminine and it’s romantic, and it encapsulates the essence of Smitten.”

‘Perfume‘ is available across digital streaming platforms HERE. The official music video can be found below.

The track listing for ‘Smitten‘ is available below.

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  1. Glasgow
  2. Not a Love Song
  3. Gravity
  4. Thinking About You
  5. Perfume
  6. Last Train Home
  7. Kiss Me Again
  8. Miss America
  9. Hate to Hurt You
  10. Seeing Stars
  11. Imagination
  12. Slow

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The announcements continue to come, with the bands headline UK tour revealed for this October.

Tickets go on sale Friday 5th July at 10am.

3rd October – Norwich, The Waterfront
4th October – Liverpool, O2 Academy
5th October – Manchester, Neighbourhood Festival
6th October – Nottingham, Rock City
8th October – Brighton, Chalk
9th October – Bristol, O2 Academy
10th October – Sheffield, Foundry
11th October – Dundee, Fat Sam’s
13th October – Glasgow, SWG3
14th October – Newcastle upon Tune, Boiler Shop
15th October – Birmingham, O2 Institute
17th October – London, HERE at Outernet