With a UK headline tour announced for November 2016 and their debut album So Long Forever out on the 4th November via Fiction Records, PALACE have revealed the video for their awesome new track Holy Smoke. You can check out the single below.
Front man Leo explains: ‘Someone once told me that when someone dies you have to open the window to let their soul escape.
‘The Holy Smoke. This song is about being in that situation which I was, not that long ago. It’s about losing someone close to you, and experiencing something quite spiritual in the moments after death – when by their side.’
The band’s impressive live show has been witnessed by thousands this summer, following some roof raising festival performances at Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds and a sold out headline set at London’s ICA. They’re now preparing to head stateside for their first ever US show, which sees them take to the stage at Rough Trade NYC in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on 19th October. Upon their return to London, the band will play their biggest hometown headline show yet at Brixton Electric on 23rd November, with support from Ten Tonnes.
The album So Long Forever will be released 4th November on Fiction Records. The writing process began last autumn in The Arch – a creative nerve centre in deepest, darkest Tottenham packed with young artists, designers and muscians. It has been produced by Adam Jaffery (Beach Baby, Dev Hynes, Francis Lung) and mixed by Cenzo Townshend (The Maccabees, Florence + the Machine, Wild Beasts). The album artwork – as with all previous artwork – has been painted by Wilm Danby. Support from the band continues to come from Annie Mac, Huw Stephens and Phil Taggart at BBC Radio 1, Tom Ravenscroft at 6Music and Radio X’s John Kennedy and Maz Tappuni.
The band also host a regular free London club night ‘Palace Presents’, at the first venue they played together; The George Tavern. Stay tuned for news on the next one.
Live Dates
21st Nov – Brighton – Patterns
22nd Nov – Bristol – Exchange
23rd Nov – London – Brixton Electric
24th Nov – Leeds – Belgrave Music Hall
25th Nov – Manchester – Deaf Institute
26th Nov – Glasgow