To mark the new album announcement, a fresh line of merchandise is available for purchase here, alongside special physical editions of Palaces available for pre-order now, including vinyl, limited-edition deluxe CD (with initial orders signed by the artist), standard CD and cassette. star Caroline Polachek, British polymath-icon Damon Albarn, Spain’s Vergen Maria, France’s Oklou and fellow Australian Kučka, who returns following her standout turn on Skin.

The album features a host of vocalists and collaborators, its cast list spanning new and household names from around the world-breakout U.S. Palaces is his most confident, mature and uncompromising work to date, a true testament to nurturing the relationships that make us whole and bring us peace. As Flume continued to forge a strong connection to his surroundings, the album he wanted to make started to form, eventually adopting a title to properly highlight the luxury and magic of the natural world. He and his neighbor and longtime collaborator, the visual artist Jonathan Zawada, became fascinated by the local wildlife, in particular the birds, collecting field recordings that ultimately worked their way into the album. Settling in a coastal town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Flume quickly found the inspiration he needed through reconnecting with the nature around him-the rolling hills, walking around barefoot, the green color the sky turns before a big storm, growing and eating his own vegetables, the smell of rain. Palaces began to take shape when Flume returned to his native Australia after struggling to write music in Los Angeles at the beginning of the pandemic. Further live news forthcoming-visit flu.me for more information.

I’m so excited for everyone to hear the song!”įurthermore, Flume will make his return to the festival stage with lineup-topping sets at Coachella, Bonnaroo and Governors Ball later this year. His creative process is a really inspiring thing to be a part of. “I’m such a big fan of Harley’s so it’s unbelievable to be in a position to create music with someone I look up to and can learn so much from. “Working with Flume on ‘Say Nothing’ has been a really incredible experience,” MAY-A says. I was really excited about the initial idea but it was only once I got back to Australia in early 2021 and linked up in the studio with MAY-A that the song really came to life.” “We wrote the song midway through 2020 while the pandemic was still pretty new. That’s when all the music came together.“This song is about feelings of post relationship clarity,” says Flume. 'Felt like I had a lot of clarity, felt much more grounded, living a really simple life. “I called it Palaces because I felt like when I returned home… It felt like my palace,' Flume told triple j earlier this year. back to Australia, inspired the native flora and fauna surrounding him in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.

Palaces was made after Flume's relocation from L.A. Flume announces 2022 Australian Tour with guest collaborators excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. It also acted as a nice preview of what to expect from Flume's upcoming Australian tour, bringing Palaces to capital cities from November, in addition to headlining Spilt Milk Festival. The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2022.These albums are (1) original, i.e.

We’ve already heard team-ups with MAY-A ('Say Nothing'), Caroline Polachek ('Sirens'), Kučka & Quiet Bison ('ESCAPE'), and the closing title track with Gorillaz/Blur figurehead Damon Albarn,īeyond that, there’s the opener ‘Highest Building’ with French vocalist Oklou, Australia's Emma Louise on the emotive 'Hollow', the push-pull ‘I Can’t Tell’ with UK’s LAUREL, and a very horny bit of S&EDM featuring Spain’s Vergen Maria called ‘Only Fans’.Ī good chunk of the album was premiered live at Coachella festival last month, including surprise guests Albarn, Polachek and Kučka, as well as Beck, Toro y Moi, Tove Lo and Vince Staples. Running at 46 minutes, the 13 tracks are loosely divided into a series of Flume instrumentals and the big collabs. The follow-up to blockbuster 2016 album Skin, Palaces is filled with hyperpop-adjacent bangers and the kind of glitched-out sound design we've come to expect from the Hottest 100 topping, Grammy winning producer.

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