Who Am I? (Pale Waves album)

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Who Am I?
Pale Waves - Who Am I?.png
Studio album by
Pale Waves
Released12 February 2021 (2021-02-12)
Recorded2020
StudioLos Angeles
Genre
Length33:39
LabelDirty Hit
Producer
  • Rich Costey
Pale Waves chronology
My Mind Makes Noises
(2018) 		Who Am I?
(2021)
Singles from Who Am I?
  1. "Change"
    Released: 10 November 2020
  2. "She's My Religion"
    Released: 15 December 2020
  3. "Easy"
    Released: 13 January 2021
  4. "You Don't Own Me"
    Released: 29 January 2021
  5. "Fall to Pieces"
    Released: 9 February 2021

Who Am I? is the second studio album by English indie pop band Pale Waves. It was released on 12 February 2021 by Dirty Hit. The record was produced by Rich Costey and recorded in Los Angeles. While the band's previous album, My Mind Makes Noises, took inspiration from 80s synth pop, Who Am I? was inspired by female pop and rock musicians from the 1990s and early 2000s, including Avril Lavigne, Liz Phair, Michelle Branch, Alanis Morissette, and Courtney Love.

All of the songs on Who Am I? were co-written by the band's lead vocalist and guitarist Heather Baron-Gracie; other songs were cot-written by Sam de Jong, Suzanne Lyn Shinn, Jake Sinclair, and band drummer Ciara Doran. Many of the song's on the album revolve around themes of romance, love, acceptance, and queer sexuality, all of which were partially inspired by Baron-Gracie's romantic relationship with singer-songwriter Kelsi Luck. Baron-Gracie was further motivated to focus on LGBTQ+ themes thanks to Doran's decision to come out as non-binary.

Who Am I? received mostly positive reviews, according to review aggregators Metacritic and AnyDecentMusic?, with critics commenting on the Pale Waves's change in style. Many reviews appreciated the evolution in the band's style, comparing their newer sound to that of pop music from the early 2000s. Critics also discussed the impact of the artists whom Heather Baron-Gracie cited as influences on the album's style. Upon its release, Who Am I? debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart and at number one on the UK Independent Albums Chart. Who Am I? produced five singles—Change", "She's My Religion", "Easy", "You Don't Own Me", and "Fall to Pieces"—all of which were promoted with their own music videos.

Production[]

Background[]

In February 2020, the band members Ciara Doran, Hugo Silvani, and Charlie Wood were involved in a near-fatal road accident when travelling between shows in Sweden and Germany, where the bus slid on an icy road and rolled into a ditch. (Heather Baron-Gracie, the band's frontwoman, had taken a plane with her girlfriend, Kelsi Luck, and was not involved in the accident.) The band and their crew members did not sustain any serious physical injuries, but the event was nevertheless traumatic.[1] Aside from the road accident, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the release of the album, which had originally been slated for early 2020. Despite this setback, Baron-Gracie commented that quarantine allowed time for band members to have some "space and time to process what happened [with the road accident] and heal from it".[2]

Inspiration and writing[]

Heather Baron-Gracie plays guitar at a concert
An image of Sam de Jong, a songwriter.
Most of the songs on Who Am I? were co-written by Pale Waves member Heather Baron-Gracie (left) and New Zealand songwriter Sam de Jong (right).

When writing for the album began, the members of Pale Waves struggled to craft songs that sounded different from those on their debut album. When discussing this issue with Nylon magazine, Baron-Gracie elaborated:

I think the first batch of demos we were trying to be too much like first album. And it just wasn't sitting right for me. I was done with the sort of '80s influenced pop style, it's not entirely me. That was the combination between myself and Ciara and we both needed space artistically to create separately. We sort of overworked one another and we were exhausted and we just kept writing the same songs. So it got to the point where we both knew that we needed to take time apart from one another. I went off and I think I only wrote with maybe four people, and 50 percent of the album or more was done with the same guy, [New Zealand songwriter Sam de Jong], because we just hit it off so well. He's really amazing at so many instruments and we just got along so well. And that was really freeing for me because I didn't have to sort of consider someone else's artistic vision.[3]

Baron-Gracie explained to Coup de Main that when she first met de Jong, "it just instantly clicked" and that the two of them "basically [wrote] the whole album in a month."[4] Baron-Gracie's decision to co-write with de Jong was a break with precedent, given that all of the band's previous songs had been co-written by Baron-Gracie and Doran[5]; in fact, only two of the tracks on Who Am I? (viz. "Run To" and "Who Am I?") were written by the duo.[6] While Baron-Gracie and de Jong worked on songs for this album, Doran worked with other artists to hone her production abilities.[3] Jake Sinclair and Suzy Shinn also co-wrote songs with Baron-Gracie for Who Am I?, contributing the tracks "Wish U Were Here" and "Run To".[6]

The recording of Who Am I? was heavily inspired by Baron-Gracie's romantic relationship with Kelsi Luck,[7] a singer-songwriter whom Baron-Gracie has called her "muse".[8] So important was Luck to the record, that in an interview with Vanity Fair, Baron-Gracie emphasized, "I wouldn't have this record if it wasn't for Kelsi." One way Luck helped with the album came when Baron-Gracie went through a period where she "fallen a bit out of love with music". Luck helped her through this time by having Baron-Gracie read through poems "that had really meant something to her". At least two songs came out of this, "You Don't Own Me" and "Wish U Were Here", both of which were inspired by poems that Luck had written. Regarding the latter, Luck initially objected to Baron-Gracie's interpolation of her poetry, but she eventually relented. Baron-Gracie and Luck's relationship also resulted in the album's lyrics containing LGBTQ+ themes.[7] Although aware of her sexuality during the first album, Baron-Gracie felt that she "wasn't confident about [her]self or with [her] sexuality" to be open about it at the time.[9] With Who Am I?, however, Baron-Gracie decided to use its lyrics to came out as gay. This was inspired both by her growing frustrations with many of her fans thinking she was straight,[7] as well as by Ciara Doran's confidence and openness about being non-binary and using they/them pronouns. The decision to be honest with her lyrics caused Baron-Gracie to feel as if "a weight has been lifted off [her] shoulders".[9]

Avril Lavigne plays guitar at a concert
Liz Phair sings and plays guitar at a concert.
When writing the songs for Who Am I?, Heather Baron-Gracie was musically inspired by "strong female alternative artists",[10] specifically citing Avril Lavigne (left) and Liz Phair (right) as influences.[1][10]

Whereas Pale Waves's debut album My Mind Makes Noises (2018) had been inspired by 1980s music, Who Am I? takes greater inspiration from the alternative and pop rock of the 1990s and 2000s,[11] with Baron-Gracie specifically citing Avril Lavigne, as well as artists like Alanis Morissette, Courtney Love, Liz Phair, Michelle Branch, and assorted country musicians.[1][12] Regarding the album's influences, Baron-Gracie told NME, "I know there are a lot of my fans that love Avril so I know they're gonna dissect my album and know what I've pulled from Avril. I went back to my roots with this album with someone like Alanis as well. She's just unapologetic, and I wanted to be like that in this album."[1]

Recording[]

Who Am I? was primarily recorded in Los Angeles alongside producer Rich Costey who had previously worked with acts such as Foo Fighters, Muse and Biffy Clyro.[13] The band chose to record in L.A. as Baron-Gracie felt that "it's just a really encouraging and inspiring place because there are so many creative people". A large portion of the album was recorded with the entire band in Los Angeles, California,[14] but when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, the band was forced to split up. Heather Baron-Gracie and Ciara Doran remained in L.A. while guitarist Hugo Silvani and bassist Charlie Wood returned to the UK. Silvani and Wood would record their own parts remotely and send them to Baron-Gracie and Doran in L.A.[15][16] Owing to COVID-19 containment and prevention protocols, the last segment of the album was recorded alone by Baron-Gracie with one other producer in the room. Social distancing guidelines meant that Baron-Gracie spent most of this time confined to the studio's vocal booth.[7]

Content[]

The album opens with "Change", a song that lyrically discusses the pain of heartbreak. According to Baron-Gracie, the song was one of the later tracks to be written for the album, and in an interview with NME magazine she explained that it was one that she "knew [she] needed on the album, but [she] didn't have it yet." Lyrically, the song posed a challenge to Baron-Gracie because, at the time that "Change" was written, she had never experienced severe heartbreak. She consequently spoke to people in her life who had, "gather[ing] their experiences about heartbreak" to make the lyrics as authentic as possible. Baron-Gracie wanted "Change" to serve as the album's opener because musically it was different from the band's previous work. The song's "unapologetic" references to oral sex were a deliberate attempt by the band to "shock people" and "let them know [they were] back."[17] "Fall to Pieces" was also inspired by the early, turbulent days of Baron-Gracie and Luck's relationship, when Baron-Gracie herself was "all over the place" mentally. Lyrically, "Fall to Pieces" details two individuals in a romantic relationship who keep falling into a loop of argumentation. Baron-Gracie stressed that while it is "kind of a negative song ... it has hope".[18] "She's My Religion" is an open love song to Luck that celebrates "lov[ing] someone and their entirety"—and not simply their positive characteristics.[19] This song marked the first time that Baron-Gracie had been "so open about [her] sexuality." Because of its impactful and openly queer lyrics, Baron-Gracie wanted the track to represent the LGBTQ+ community in the "most honest and sincere way."[20] Baron-Gracie contrasted "She's My Religion" with songs like Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl", telling Pride Magazine: "There's not a lot of songs that [handle female queerness] in an appealing way. It's either experimental or playful. I just think it affects [gay women] and it knocks us back, especially when straight women do it."[21]

Alanis Morissette sits smiling at the camera
Courtney Love, playing a Fender Mustang guitar in concert.
The heavier guitar riff featured in "Easy" was inspired by the music of Alanis Morissette (left) and Courtney Love (right).

Baron-Gracie has described "Easy" as the "feel good love song" on the album. Originally this track was supposed to be a piano ballad, but "it didn’t fit together", Baron-Gracie explained in an interview with NME. Despite optimistic lyrics, "on the piano, it ... sound[ed] sad and a bit depressing." Baron-Gracie and Sam de Jong (the song's co-writers) then reworked the song to be more upbeat. The heavier guitar riff that plays during the chorus was inspired by "grungy, super-catchy guitar riffs" in songs by "strong female artists" such as Courtney Love, Alanis Morissette, and Liz Phair. Initially, Baron-Gracie and de Jong debated whether the riff belonged in the final cut, but in the end, Baron-Gracie felt that it added "another element" to the song.[10] "Wish U Were Here", co-written by Suzanne Lyn Shinn, was originally not slated for the album and was recorded when the band learned they had extra time in their studio.[22] "Tomorrow" was the first track that Baron-Gracie wrote for the album, and thematically, it "made a pathway for this record". The song, which alludes to people in Baron-Gracie's life, was written "for the fans" to provide encouragement, and in an interview with Sophie Williams of NME Baron-Gracie explained that the song was her way of saying "I'm there for you. I've been through it too. Please continue to carry on."[23] "You Don't Own Me"—a track that Baron-Gracie has called "the most important on the record"—is "about being a woman ... in society," Baron-Grace explained; "We've come a long way, but ... we don't have equality just yet." The song was inspired by many instances of "sexist" and "inappropriate" behavior directed at Baron-Gracie by men. The feminist ethos of the song is "unapologetic" and "angry" because, as Baron-Gracie put it, "we [i.e., women] are angry; we're sick of it!"[24]

Described as a "soft, tender, genuine moment on the album", "I Just Needed You" is written after Baron-Gracie "realign[ed] [her] priorities in life". The singer explained to Williams: "Society and the world can really sort of influence or trick you into believing that happiness is within materialistic things. ... You have to find happiness within."[25] "Odd Ones Out" is a ballad through which Baron-Gracie expresses confusion as to how so many relationships collapse. "I've seen so many experiences of this in my life," she explained to Williams. "I don't want to be an example of that. I didn't want my relationship to end up like those relationships. I wanted to be the odd one out."[26] "Run To" was written as if it were a letter to Baron-Gracie's mother. Through this song, Baron-Gracie attempts to emphasize that she is doing alright and that her mother does not need to worry about her well-being.[27] "Who Am I?" was one of the final tracks written for the album and was initially composed while the band was on tour. The night she composed the song, Baron-Gracie locked herself in her bathroom for three hours to work out the track's details.[28] Lyrically, the song is Heather "screaming to [her]self essentially that [she] need[s] to figure out who [she is] as a human being and what [her] priorities are in life."[16] While talking to NME, the singer explained: "This song just makes perfect sense It has to be the finishing part of the album. ... This is a perfect album title."[28]

Promotion and singles[]

"Change", the first single to be released from Who Am I?, debuted on BBC Radio 1 on 10 November 2020; the single's music video, directed by Johnny Goddard, was also released at this time, alongside an announcement about the album itself.[2]

The album's second single, "She's My Religion", was released on 15 December 2020.[19] A video for the single, directed by Jess Kohl and starring Baron-Gracie and Kelsi Luck, was released on 22 December.[29]

The third single to be released from the album was "Easy" on 13 January 2021, premiering on BBC Radio 1. According to Baron-Gracie, the song's accompanying music video, directed by James Slater, was "inspired by the gothic medieval aesthetic and ... Tim Burton films".[30]

"You Don't Own Me" was released on 29 January 2021 as the fourth single.[31] The music video for the song was co-directed by Baron-Gracie and Luck, and it was released on 1 March.[32] Following the video's premiere, the band also uploaded to YouTube a "behind the scenes" featurette that explored the directing of the video.[33]

The fifth and final single to be released was "Fall to Pieces" which likewise premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 9 February 2021.[34] A video for the single, directed by Callum L. James, was released on 12 February.[35] A "behind the scenes" look at the making of the "Fall to Pieces" music video was also released on 17 February via YouTube.[36]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.1/10[37]
Metacritic62/100[38]
Review scores
SourceRating
DIY3.5/5 stars[39]
Dork4/5 stars[40]
Gigwise7/10 stars[41]
The Independent2/5 stars[42]
The Irish Times3/5 stars[43]
The Line of Best Fit7/10 stars[44]
The Needle Drop5/10 stars[45]
NME4/5 stars[46]
PastePositive[47]
Pitchfork6.2/10[48]
Rolling Stone2/5 stars[49]

Who Am I? was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 62 based on 7 reviews.[38] Fellow music aggregator AnyDecentMusic? likewise gave the album an average score of 7.1/10.[37]

Jay Singh, writing for The Line of Best Fit, criticised the band for having a "habit of wearing their influences on their sleeve a little too blatantly" when they have tried to distance themselves from The 1975 to then begin "emulating Avril Lavigne isn't exactly a foolproof plan". However, he did applaud the band for their new sound which is described as "well executed and joyously expressive".[44] Stephen Ackroyd of Dork magazine awarded the album four out of five stars, noting that "a hard left swing into late-90s alt-pop wouldn't have felt like the most obvious route [for the band] to take, and yet it works brilliantly" on Who Am I?[40]

Writing for Pitchfork, Ashley Bardham awarded the album a 6.2/10. While arguing that the album still saw the band "stuck as an imitation act", she emphasized that "their love for [early 2000s pop-rock] certainly comes through." Bardham wrote that the album includes "some of the most pleasantly sugared Britpop since the 2010s-era Mumford & Sons invasion". While Who Am I? might have issues, Bardham concluded, the record sees the band's "star potential ... comes through".[48] Carli Scolforo of Paste magazine reviewed the album positively, writing that "the band translates their many inspirations into their own brand of indie pop that feels perfectly fit for 2021, with their lyrics bouncing between relationships, identity and mental health."[47]

Eamonn Sweeney of The Irish Times gave the album three out of five stars, writing that "Pale Waves should secure another top-10 hit and cement their position as one of the few current guitar bands that resonate with a young, 21st-century audience".[43] Rachel Brodsky of The Independent gave the album two out of five stars, saying that "despite the album's slick production and radio-ready melodies, one wishes Pale Waves could find a more sophisticated language to express youthful enlightenment".[42] Rolling Stone magazine gave the album a negative review, writing, "These lovelorn English cliché jockeys offer a clunky mix of late-Nineties easy listening and 2000s emo pop." The magazine also negatively compared the band to Paramore and Natalie Imbruglia.[49]

Accolades[]

Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Gay Times 10 Best Albums by LGBTQ+ Artists of 2021 (So Far) N/A
[50]

Commercial performance[]

Who Am I? was released 12 February 2021, and debuted at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart (Official Charts Company).[51] On both the Official Vinyl Albums and the Official Physical Albums Charts (OOC), the album debuted at number 2, bested in both cases by Slowthai's album Tyron. Who Am I? did, however, top the UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts (OOC).[52] On the Scottish Albums Chart, the album debuted at number 2,[53] and in Ireland, the record debuted at 86.[54] In Japan, Who Am I? Peaked at 142 on Oricon's Japanese Albums chart,[55] and at 88 on the Billboard Japan chart.[56]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Change"
2:52
2."Fall to Pieces"
  • Baron-Gracie
  • de Jong
2:47
3."She's My Religion"
  • Baron-Gracie
  • de Jong
3:09
4."Easy"
  • Baron-Gracie
  • de Jong
2:54
5."Wish U Were Here"
2:41
6."Tomorrow"Baron-Gracie2:37
7."You Don't Own Me"
  • Baron-Gracie
  • de Jong
3:16
8."I Just Needed You"Baron-Gracie3:06
9."Odd Ones Out"
  • Baron-Gracie
  • de Jong
3:01
10."Run To"
2:45
11."Who Am I?"
  • Baron-Gracie
  • Doran
4:31
Total length:33:39
Japan edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Tomorrow" (Demo) 

Personnel[]

Performers[]

Pale Waves

  • Heather Baron-Gracie – vocals, guitar
  • Ciara Doran – drums, synths, programming
  • Hugo Silvani – guitar
  • Charlie Wood – bass guitar

Technical[]

Charts[]

Chart performance for Who Am I?
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Irish Albums (OCC)[54] 86
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[56] 88
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[55] 142
Scottish Albums (OCC)[53] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[51] 3
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[52] 1

Release history[]

Release history for Who Am I?
Region Date Format Label
Various 12 February 2021

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