Palace Share New Single ‘It’s Over’ – Listen Now

By Neil Johnson

On October 4, 2016

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Share new single ‘It’s Over‘

Taken from debut album ‘So Long Forever‘

out 4th November on Fiction Records

[ Listen to ‘It’s Over‘ here ]

“It’s the realisation that things that seem so solid can be so brittle.”

Photo credit: James Pearson Howes

‘One of our favourite new bands.’ – Huw Stephens

‘spacious, romantic pop’ – DIY

‘it’s a gorgeous, vulnerable song’ – Stereogum

‘an echo drenched sound reminiscent of early Foals’ – Guardian

‘somewhere between Jeff Buckley and Kings of Leon.’ – Times

‘Possible successors to The Maccabees… Palace deal in theatrical melodies to tingle the spine.’ – NME

‘darkly beautiful, with twilight seeming to break through every note.’ – Clash

‘Another wholly impressive, brilliantly returnable outing from a band whose journey you feel is far from over.’ – The Line of Best Fit

‘Languid and shimmery… the sweet-sad spot between indie emo and Sixties blues’ – Rolling Stone

PALACE’s new single, the ornate, broken paean ‘It’s Over’ is now streaming online. When frontman Leo Wyndham wrote the track, he had no idea that it would become an unknowing prediction of the heartbreak to come and that the album – which tackles loss, love, and the shifting tides of human emotion with both power and restraint – would take on a darker relevance. “Two or three of the songs were almost predictions,” Leo says ruefully. “They are about things that had never happened to me in a relationship but have all kind of come true.”

[ Listen to ‘It’s Over’ here ]

Palace’s dark, enchanting debut album ‘So Long Forever’ – released on Fiction Records on 4^th November – is the kind of record you don’t want to become a premonition. Leo had written it about the recent separation of his parents and the death of a family member; songs of destructive relationships, painful splits and bitter regrets. Then, album recorded but the blows still fresh, he suffered a break-up himself. “’It’s Over’ came together during a difficult situation. It comes from feeling the need to accept what will be, no matter how bad things are. It’s the realisation that things that seem so solid can be so brittle.”

Clearly an album of dark magic, ‘So Long Forever’ is your cordial invite to Palace, this generation’s most moving evolution in alt-rock. They sing of heartbreak, family ructions, death and diving headfirst into relationships they know will destroy them. They make sumptuous, soulful rock music in a dour ex-munitions factory. They’re the fatalistic sound of the future.

It all adds up to a stirring, fine-crafted journey around the heart’s bruised chambers, and a cathartic turning point for Leo, buoyed by rapturously received summer appearances at Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds. “I have this sense of freedom, creatively,” he says. “When you suddenly find yourself on your own again out of a long relationship. It’s nice to be able to channel everything into the music. It helps a lot.” He grins. “I’m trying to be positive.”

Palace’s first show of 2016 was at the ICA, and, just like their previous show at Scala, sold out at speed. The band will embark on a UK tour in November – details below. The album artwork – as with all previous artwork – has been painted by Wilm Danby.

Live Dates

19th Oct – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade NYC

5^th Nov – The Hague, Netherlands – Crossing Borders Festival

6^th Nov – Groningen, Netherlands – Stadsschouwburg

8^th Nov – Brussels, Belgium – Botanique / Witloofbar

9^th Nov – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Bitterzoet

10^th Nov – Hamburg, Germany – Molotov

11^th Nov – Berlin, Germany – Privatclub

12^th Nov – Prague, Czech Republic – Chapeau Rouge

14^th Nov – Vienna, Austria – B72

15^th Nov – Linz, Austria – Posthof

16^th Nov – Zurich, Switzerland – Hafenkneipe