About Palaces by Flume Album
"Palaces" is the third studio album by Australian electronic musician Flume, released on 20 May 2022 through Future Classic. It includes collaborations with Oklou, May-a, Quiet Bison, Kučka, Laurel, Virgen María, Emma Louise, Caroline Polachek and Damon Albarn. The album was announced alongside the release of lead single "Say Nothing", featuring MAY-A. After returning to Australia following the end of his world tour in support of "Skin" and "Hi This Is Flume", Flume moved to a coastal town in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales, where he says he found "inspiration from the flora and fauna surrounding him". He also made field recordings of birds, which are used throughout the album. According to Flume, the album was also influenced by late Scottish producer Sophie. The artwork for the album represents the main narrative, where a bird in the jungle accidentally bites an Internet cable, causing it to observe the entirety of human knowledge. Seeing that mankind's history has been driven by commerce, the birds of the jungle create the Devalue Human Life Corporation (or DHLC), an organization dedicated to taking control of the planet away from humanity. Flume announced the album and its track listing on 2 February 2022, also releasing the song "Say Nothing" featuring May-a as the album's lead single and its music video the same day. The video contains similar visuals to those Flume uploaded on his NFT website throughout 2021. Flume said the track is about "feelings of post relationship clarity" and was written "midway through 2020 while the pandemic was still pretty new", although it was finished in early 2021. "Sirens" featuring American singer Caroline Polachek, was released as the second single on 1 April 2022. "ESCAPE" co-produced by QUIET BISON and featuring Australian singer Kučka, and "Palaces" featuring British singer Damon Albarn, were released as the third and fourth singles on 24 April 2022. "Hollow" featuring Australian singer Emma Louise, was released on 18 May 2022 as the fifth single.
