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Photo – Julian Buchan

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FLUME
shares video for
‘SIRENS
feat. CAROLINE POLACHEK’

new album ‘PALACES’ out 20 May;
playing Coachella this weekend and next

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Today, wildly acclaimed, Grammy-winning artist Flume unveils the Daniel Askill-directed (Sia, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney etc.), Dion Lee-styled video for ‘Sirens feat. Caroline Polachek’—watch here. The song, co-written and co-produced by Danny L Harle, is taken from Flume’s forthcoming new LP, Palaces, out 20 May on Future Classic —pre-order/pre-save it here.

Askill says: “This amazing track by Flume and Caroline inspired us to create a film that hovers at the intersection of nature and technology, transcendence and materiality. We were lucky enough to be supported by an incredible team of collaborators including Jonathan Zawada, Dion Lee, Khalid Mohtaseb, Serial Pictures and Glenn Stewart at Collider who designed and built the incredible environment.”

Additionally, Flume will play music from Palaces for the first time ever this weekend and next at Coachella ahead of the Flume World Tour—the U.S. run kicks off in April with stops in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and two sold-out nights at Red Rocks in addition to lineup-topping sets at several festivals, and a U.K. and Europe run this summer includes stops in London, Berlin and Paris and festival appearances at Pohoda Festival, Dour Festival and Super Bock Super Rock. Supporting acts include Floating Points, Channel Tres, Tinashe, Magdalena Bay and more. Purchase tickets at flu.me.

‘Sirens’, which was featured in The New York Times Playlist and praised as “heavenly,” follows the first offering from Palaces, ‘Say Nothing’ featuring Sydney-native MAY-A, released in February to widespread acclaim. The album features further appearances from a host of vocalists and collaborators from around the world, including British polymath-icon Damon Albarn, Spain’s Virgen Maria, France’s Oklou and fellow Australian Kučka, who returns following her standout turn on Skin.

Palaces began to take shape when Flume returned home to Australia after struggling to write music in Los Angeles at the beginning of the pandemic. He settled in a coastal town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales and soon found inspiration through reconnecting with the nature around him—the rolling hills, walking around barefoot, the green colour the sky turns before a big storm, growing and eating his own vegetables, the smell of rain. He and his neighbour and longtime collaborator, the visual artist Jonathan Zawada, became fascinated by the local wildlife, in particular the birds, collecting field recordings that ended up on the album. With a title that properly highlights the luxury and magic of the natural world, Palaces is Flume’s most confident, mature and uncompromising work to date, a true testament to nurturing the relationships that make us whole and bring us peace. 

Flume (born Harley Streten) rose to prominence as a teenager with his self-titled 2012 debut album, which established him as an international sensation. His 2016 LP Skin achieved Platinum certification around the world and earned him his first Grammy Award for Best/Dance Electronic Album. He went on to sell over 300,000 tickets globally across a sold out, 59-date world tour that year, with headlining sets at Reading & Leeds Festivals and the famed Alexandra Palace. In 2019, Flume’s acclaimed Hi This Is Flume mixtape earned him his second Best Dance/Electronic Album Grammy nomination and he played lineup topping sets at festivals worldwide including Lollapalooza, Osheaga, Outside Lands, Japan’s Summersonic, Italy’s C2C and more.

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.

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FLUME
tour dates:

April 14 – Downtown Las Vegas Events Centre – Las Vegas, NV 
April 16 – Coachella – Indio, CA
April 23 – Coachella – Indio, CA
May 23 – The Sylvee – Madison, WI
May 26 – Armory – Minneapolis, MN
May 27 – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
May 28 – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
May 31 – RBC Echo Beach – Toronto, ON
June 2 – Masonic Temple Theatre- Detroit, MI
June 3 – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica – Cleveland, OH
June 4 – KEMBA LIVE! – Columbus, OH
June 5 – Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA
June 8 – The Anthem – Washington, D.C.
June 10 – Skyline Stage at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts – Philadelphia, PA
June 11 – Governor’s Ball – New York, NY
June 12  – Red Hat Amphitheater – Raleigh, NC
June 15 – Orlando Amphitheater – Orlando, FL
June 18 – Bonnaroo – Manchester, TN
July 8 – Pohoda Festival – Trenčín, SK
July 9 – Mad Cool Festival – Madrid, ES        
July 11 – KOKO – London, UK 
July 12 – KOKO – London, UK
July 14 – Super Bock Super Rock – Sesimbra, PT
July 16 – L’Olympia – Paris, FR
July 17 – Dour Festival – Dour, BE
July 19 – Astra – Berlin, DE
September 6 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO*
September 7 -Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO*

* sold out

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PALACES
track list:

1. Highest Building (feat. Oklou)
2. Say Nothing (feat. MAY-A)
3. DHLC
4. ESCAPE (feat. Kučka)—with Quiet Bison5. 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)

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