Pale Waves

Manchester-based quartet Pale Waves began in early 2014 when drummer Ciara Doran and vocalist/songwriter Heather Baron-Gracie met at a liquor store. The two became inseparable and spent two years hanging out and working on songs. The two eventually formed a band with Ben Bateman and Ryan Marsden, going by the name Creek and releasing songs called “Lust” and “Dangerous”.

Soon after, they changed the name to “Pale Waves” which Heather said comes from a painting her grandmother owned. Under the new name they released two demos: The Tide and Heavenly and another song called “Just A Touch”, which is untraceable. It’s assumed Ben and Ryan left the band and Heather and Ciara enlisted bassist Charlie Wood from a different one, along with second guitarist Hugo Silvani.

The band gained most of their fame by touring with label mates The 1975 in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States, opening for them at Madison Square Garden in June 2016 and have quickly built up their own fanbase in just over a year.