Pale Waves

English rock band from Manchester, formed in 2014. It was founded originally as ''Creek'', when Heather Baron-Gracie met Ciara Doran while attending BIMM Manchester. Doran and Baron-Gracie initially enlisted Ben Bateman as the second guitarist and Ryan Marsden as bassist, to complete the lineup. Later, both were asked to leave and departed from the band shortly thereafter, with the current bassist and second guitarist, Charlie Wood and Hugo Silvani, replacing them. After signing a record deal with Dirty Hit in 2017, the band released their debut single, "", followed by "". In 2018, they were ranked fifth in the BBC's Sound of... poll and won the NME Under the Radar Award at the NME Awards.