Legacy of Pale Waves
Artists and genres Pale Waves directly influenced — one hop forward on the family tree of music.
swim schoolartistSwim School are a Scottish alternative rock band. Formed in late 2018 in Edinburgh, the band initially comprised Alice Johnson, Lewis Bunting, Matt Mitchell, and Nairn Milne; Mitchell and Milne later left the band, while Billy McMahon joined in June 2020, followed by Lee Brown who joined in January 2025. They have released three EPs Volume 1, Making Sense of It All, and Duality and the mixtape Seeing It Now and have supported Inhaler on their Cuts & Bruises tour. The band has frequently cited Wolf Alice and Slowdive as influences and their works are generally categorised as alternative rock & indie. Swim School's debut self-titled album Swim School was released in October 2025.
South ArcadeartistSouth Arcade are an English rock band from Oxford. Formed in 2021, the band went viral for videos of their band practices. Their 2005 EP was inspired by various genres and artists from the 2000s and was received positively by Distorted Sound Magazine. Their works are usually described as pop-punk or alternative rock and have been likened to those by Pale Waves, Avril Lavigne, and Bring Me the Horizon.