Shoals

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London-based Palace have announced their third album Shoals, due for release on January 21st via Fiction. 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. shoals is a profound and pensive album, boldly exploring some of lifes greatest questions over its 12 mesmerising tracks. the album deftly explores three main 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. the albums title is inspired by the seemingly unpredictable behaviour of shoals of fish, shifting rapidly in much the same way as our fears and anxieties of the world around us. as frontman Leo Wyndham explains: it explores and questions what really is palpable and real what really matters and what we become in death and the fear of that. the fear of existing and the fear of dying It’s an ode to the power of the ocean and the majesty of nature and how sometimes they are the only things that truly feel real, living and breathing.

2019s 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 Palaces sound. It is an album in equal parts about loss as well as a manual to moving on, stronger than before. Having built a dedicated live following through mesmerising shows at some of the countrys finest venues, Palace played some of the worlds biggest festivals in 2019 including main stage slots at Mad Cool, Latitude and Glastonburys Park Stage before an autumn tour culminating at their biggest show ever at a sold-out Camden Roundhouse. The band kicked off 2020 by selling out their debut USA tour ahead of returning to the studio to start work on their third album. With a host of new 2022 tour dates confirmed and an incredible 1.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify, Palace are set to continue their enviable trajectory upwards through the best venues the world over. See below for the full list of new tour dates. Leo Wyndham, Matt Hodges and Rupert Turner released their acclaimed debut EP Lost In The Night in 2014, followed by the Chase The Light EP the following year, their debut album So Long Forever in 2016 and sophomore album Life After in 2019.