Wildly acclaimed, Grammy-winning artist Flume returns with a new album, Palaces, out 20th
May on Transgressive and Future Classic.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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.
The album features a host of vocalists and collaborators, its cast list spanning new and household
names from around the world—breakout U.S. star Caroline Polachek, British polymathicon Damon Albarn, Spain’s Vergen Maria, France’s Oklou and fellow Australian Kučka, who
returns following her standout turn on Skin.
TRACKLIST:
Tracklist:
1. Highest Building (feat. Oklou)
2. Say Nothing (feat. MAY-A)
3. DHLC
4. ESCAPE (feat. Kučka) -- with Quiet Bison
5. I Can’t Tell (feat. LAUREL)
6. Get U
7. Jasper’s Song
8. Only Fans (feat. Virgen Maria)
9. Hollow (feat. Emma Louise)
10. Love Light
11. Sirens (feat. Caroline Polachek)
12. Go
13. Palaces (feat. Damon Albarn)
