19 January, 2022Print
Palace Share New Single + Video "Friends Forever"
New Album Shoals Out Friday“If Shoals is anything to go by, Palace will be filling stadiums before too long.” – The Line Of Best Fit
“A spare, appealing blend of minimalist folk and sweeping
orchestral pomp.” – AV Club
“Scarily gorgeous rock.”
– Happy Magazine
"Feels like Palace's first significant work." ★★★★
– MOJO
Ahead of the release of their spellbinding third album Shoals (out this Friday), today London band Palace releases their latest single, "Friends Forever" (Avenue A / Fiction).
Regal and reflective, "Friends Forever" is a surrender to longing, an encapsulation of Palace's "expansive and emotive" (Stereogum) charm. Singer Leo Wyndham directed and shot the video for "Friends Forever" on 16mm film, following his bandmates between NYC and London.
WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “FRIENDS FOREVER” HERE
Shoals is the band’s love letter to fear and the fullness of life one experiences when facing it down. Unsurprisingly, the sea was a major inspiration, as the record posits the ocean’s violent yet beautiful energy as the ebb and flow between sheer panic and euphoric relief.
As frontman Leo Wyndham explains: “‘Shoals’ is a record about confronting our own fears and anxieties. Through the pandemic we were confronted more than ever with ourselves with little distraction, suddenly seeing who we are in the rawest of forms. It held a mirror up to our flaws and imperfections and forced us to see the real 'us'.
The record symbolizes how our minds can have beautiful yet dangerous depths, like the ocean, and how our fears and thoughts are like shoals of fish that move and shift constantly from place to place; chaotic, often untameable and unpredictable.”
‘Shoals’ is comprised of 12 tracks, and in addition to ‘Friends Forever’ the album will include the singles, ‘Shame On You’, ‘Where Sky Becomes Sea’,‘Fade’, ‘Lover (Don’t Let Me Down)’ and ‘Gravity’. The album’s release will kick off Palace’s biggest tour yet, with sold-out dates across the UK, Europe, and the US, including their biggest show to date at the O2 Brixton Academyand US tour dates at NYC’s Webster Hall, DC’s 9:30 Club, Austin’s Empire Garage, and The Fonda in Los Angeles.
Pre-order/pre-save Shoals here: https://palace.lnk.to/Shoals/So
SHOALS TRACKLIST
Never Said It Was Easy
Shame On You
Fade
Gravity
Give Me The Rain
Friends Forever
Killer Whale
Lover (Don’t Let Me Down)
Sleeper
Salt
Shoals
Where Sky Becomes Sea
Does Nothing Good Last Forever
MORE PRAISE FOR PALACE
“Not many bands do better emotionally literate, melancholic indie at the moment.” – The Observer
“Beautiful, bleakly shaded tunes that nestle in between emo and retro sensibilities.” – Stereogum
“A record built to last.” – Dork Magazine
“Mature and poignant.” – DIY Magazine
“Velvety vocals that will send shivers down your spine.” – i-D
UK & IRELAND TOUR 2022
February 3rd, Glasgow, SWG3
February 4th, Manchester, O2 Ritz
February 5th, Bristol, O2 Academy
February 6th, Leeds, University Stylus
February 8th, Dublin, Vicar St
February 10th, Nottingham, Rock City
February 11th, London, O2 Academy Brixton
EUROPEAN TOUR 2022
Rescheduled dates TBA this week.
US/CAN TOUR 2022
April 22nd, Dallas, TX, Trees
April 23rd, Austin, TX, Empire Garage
April 24th, Houston, TX, Studio @ Warehouse Live
April 26th, Orlando, FL, The Social
April 27th, Atlanta, GA, Terminal West
April 29th, Durham, NC, Motorco Music Hall
April 30th, Washington DC, 9:30 Club
May 1st, Philadelphia, PA, Foundry
May 3rd, Boston, MA, Paradise Rock Club
May 5th, New York, NY, Webster Hall
May 7th, Montreal, QC, Club Soda
May 9th, Toronto, ON, Danforth
May 10th, Cleveland, OH, Beachland Ballroom
May 11th, Columbus, OH, A&R Bar
May 13th, Detroit, MI, Shelter
May 14th, Chicago, IL, Thalia Hall
May 16th, Denver, CO, The Gothic Theatre
May 17th, Salt Lake City, UT, The Complex
*SOLD OUT* May 19th, Los Angeles, CA, The Fonda *SOLD OUT*
May 20th, Los Angeles, CA, The Fonda
May 21th, San Francisco, CA, The Fillmore
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