Palace have announced that their new album – Shoals – is out 21st January via Fiction, alongside announcing their 2022 UK, European and US tours, including a date at the O2 Academy in Brixton on February 11th.
London-based Palace today release ‘Fade’, the third single to be taken from their forthcoming third album ‘Shoals’, due for release on January 21st via Fiction. ‘Fade’ is accompanied by a striking video combining SnorriCam video of the band with found footage to dive into the psyche of an anxious mind. The band will also play their biggest UK, European and US tours to date next spring, including a date at the O2 Academy Brixton on February 11th.
“‘Fade’ is a song about the link between the body and the mind – how our mind’s response to the body’s state can turn into mental paranoia, leading to an unhealthy fixation on where we go when we meet our maker” explains singer Leo Wyndham; “It’s an anthem to paranoia and the feeling like you could explode with the fear of what will become.”
‘Shoals’ is a profound and pensive album, boldly exploring some of life’s greatest questions over its 12 mesmerising tracks. The album deftly explores the interplay of three central existential dilemmas against a broader backdrop of wonder at the vastness and power of the ocean, concluding its arc with the stunning opus ‘Where Sky Becomes Sea’. Through diving into themes of the subconscious, dreams and existentialism, ‘Shoals’ is broadly a record about living with and processing fear. 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 symbolises 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.”
2019’s sophomore album ‘Life After’ is a stunning record with a clear message; hope. Its eleven tracks, that include the heart-wrenching ‘Heaven Up There’, are full of the melodic warmth and rich textures that have come to define Palace’s sound. It is an album in equal parts about loss as well as a manual to moving on, stronger than before.
‘Shoals’ Tracklisting
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
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
February 17th, France, Paris, La Maroquinerie
February 18th, Belgium, Ghent, Vooruit Balzaal
February 19th, Germany, Cologne, Luxor
February 20th, Switzerland, Zurich, Mascotte
February 22nd, Italy, Milan, Magnolia
February 24th, Austria, Vienna, Arena
February 25th, Germany, Munich, Strom
February 26th, Czech Republic, Prague, Café V Lese
February 27th, Hungary, Budapest, Durer Kert
March 1st, Poland, Warsaw, Hydrozagadka
March 2nd, Germany, Berlin, Heimathafen
March 4th, Denmark, Copenhagen, VEGA small hall
March 5th, Germany, Hamburg, Mojo
March 6th, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Paradiso
US/CAN TOUR 2022
April 22nd, Dallas, TX, Club Dada
April 23rd, Austin, TX, Parish
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
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
May 19th, Los Angeles, CA, The Fonda
May 21th, San Francisco, CA, The Fillmore
