Fiction Records

Single black heavyweight vinyl with printed inner bag and reverse board finish

With their sublime second album, Palace have pulled off a rare pop trick. Songs steeped in darkness emerge in to light, from bleak situations spring fresh starts. Bathed in the band’s atmospheric alt-rock, the future feels brighter and more optimistic.

Life After is both an album about loss and a manual to moving on. “I’m writing this song, to help you breathe again,” sings Leo Wyndham on the opening title track, a shimmering ode to survival. By the epic, seven minute-plus closer Heaven Up There, the theme of Life After is obvious. “Hope,” says Leo. “Hope and positivity – seeing the light at the end of a long tunnel. It’s about going through tough times and coming out the other side.”

Tracklist

Side A

1. Life after
2. Berlin
3. Younger
4. Face In The Crowd
5. Caught My Breath
6. Martyr

Side B

1. All In My Stride
2. No Other
3. Running Wild
4. Bones
5. Heaven Up There