Listening to Pale Waves’ first two records, 2018’s My Mind Makes Noises and last year’s Who Am I?, some critics suggested the Manchester quartet wore their influences a little too obviously. The fact they’re still guilty of that on this third offering isn’t cause for concern, though, as there’s some serious currency in their level of conviction. Plus, they’ve shaken things up in other ways. The music is a spry sugar rush of squeaky clean riffs and melodies that are easy to love but hard to forget. The likes of Jealousy and You’re So Vain brim with attitude, even if any spikiness is blunted by the production. Despite this overabundance of polish, this is still the most rocking Pale Waves have sounded, largely because Unwanted takes all of the characteristics of the band’s sou...