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PALAYE ROYALE
release music video for
‘ANXIETY’
from their critically acclaimed album
‘THE BASTARDS’
Watch ‘Anxiety’ via YouTube
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“an ingenious offering that transcends a one-track creative path and is demonstrative of a band with aptitude and originality.” – Hysteria Magazine
“OTT Vaudeville swagger with shimmering melodies, huge hooks and a coating of grit…an exciting evolution for a band that are already something very special” – Kerrang!
“This alternative/rock trio have combined emo pop sensibilities with a rock-and-roll essence that is rare in today’s musical landscape” – Wall Of Sound
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Palaye Royale have today released the post apocalyptic, Mad-Max-esque music video for ‘Anxiety‘ taken from their new album, The Bastards (out now on Sumerian Records). Co-directed by the band’s frontman Remington Leith, the video was shot in the Nevada desert and picks up where their previous music video for ‘Lonely‘ left off. The track showcases the heavier end of the new Palaye Royale sound found on their latest release.
Stream/Purchase The Bastards here.
Musically, The Bastards is an enormous step-up for the band. It is, in turn, dark, lush, angry, vulnerable, caustic and warm. From the grandiose Bond-theme-esque ‘Tonight Is The Night I Die’, to the darkly jarring ‘Anxiety’, from the quietly heartbreaking refrain of ‘Lonely’ and the massive fuzzed up, distorted guitars of ‘Nightmares (Coming Down)’, The Bastards demonstrates just how far the band have expanded their writing and musical dexterity, rounding out their already accomplished arson with flourishes of electronics, metal beat-downs, drum n bass beats and haunting string arrangements.
There are singles on the album, luminous highlights, but it’s also a piece of work that works beautifully when listened to as a whole. Lyrically, the album addresses a number of important issues, prevalent to today’s youth – struggles with mental health, the gun violence epidemic, substance use as a means to escape a difficult reality and parental abandonment all play a part in the album’s rich lyrical tapestry.
Speaking on the band’s refreshingly honest and open approach to writing on the new album, Remington adds “We need a little honesty and a little truth. The world is getting so tainted by everyone trying to be so fucking perfect and so goddamn PG and trying to walk this line of not trying to of end anyone. People need to be themselves, just for 20 minutes at least.”
Palaye Royale are leading a generation in togetherness through honesty, danger and infectious art-punk. They have clocked up over 95 million total streams on Spotify, over 59 million views on YouTube and have a combined social media following of over 1 million fans.
The Bastards had an incredibly successful first week in the USA when it released back in May, hitting #1 on both the Alternative Albums and Rock Albums Charts, #4 on Independent albums and #12 on the Top 200 Alternative Chart.
The band have gone from playing any show they could whilst sleeping in their car to playing mega-arena shows with names as iconic as Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie and Stone Sour, clocking up an incredible 700 shows in 4 years. That, plus appearances at festivals such as Reading and Leeds, Download, Sonic Temple, Isle of White, PinkPop and Nova Rock, has seen Palaye Royale hone their live set into something visually and sonically stunning.
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PALAYE ROYALE – The Bastards [LP]
Out now via Sumerian Records
The Bastards
Track Listing:
1. Little Bastards
2. Massacre, The New American Dream
3. Anxiety
4. Tonight Is The Night I Die
5. Lonely
6. Hang On To Yourself
7. Fucking With My Head
8. Nervous Breakdown
9. Nightmares
10. Masochist
11. Doom (Empty)
12. Black Sheep
13. Stay
14. Redeemer
15. Lord Of Lies (Bonus track)
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