QMN: New music Monday from queer artists Pale Waves, Dallas’ Tayla Parx and Hifi Sean
Queer Music News is a smattering of what’s going on in music by LGBTQ artists and the artists we love. Here’s a wrap-up of music we’ve received in recent days for your new music Monday.
Add these to your Memorial Day pool party playlist. Pale Waves releases “Perfume”and announces new album Buzzy UK darlings Pale Waves have released its new single and video “Perfume” alongside the announcement of its upcoming fourth studio album Smitten, out September 20.
The single gives 1980s sapphic vibes in both its sound and visuals. The song was release last Wednesday. “’Perfume’ is the perfect introduction into the new world we’ve created,” lead singer Heather Baron-Gracie said in the announcement. “It’s queer, feminine and romantic and it encapsulates the essence of Smitten.” In the new album, Smitten sees Baron-Gracie reflecting upon her roots and was written between the US and UK over a two-year period. “I found myself writing about not just a certain time period, but my whole life, from years ago,” she added. “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 summarized perfectly what I felt for others at a certain point.” Pale Waves is currently touring North America as official support for PVRIS and will appear in Dallas on July 7 at House of Blues’ Cambridge Room.
