But I think this year it’s finally going to happen,” Flume laughs. “I was supposed to play it in 2020, then 2021. That said, he’s jetting off once more for a return to big US festival stages, scheduled for poster-topping sets at Bonnaroo, Governors Ball, and the much-delayed Coachella this April. Been ping-pong balled around the world the past 10 years almost, so to just have a space and live in the one place the one time has been great.” “I feel I’ve put mental health first now… It's been nice to have a bit of calm. That’s something I hadn’t put as my highest importance, I just put working above all else for so long.” It was definitely a realisation mental health is really important. “COVID will get you out of that work/hustle grind. Watch below.ĭespite the negative impacts of COVID, Flume says coming “back to the motherland and spending some quality time… was really good for my creative process.” We've already had a taste of their combined handiwork, and a preview of the title track featuring Damon Albarn, via a previously released video teaser. Flume and long-time visual collaborator Jonathan Zawada became fascinated with birds, collecting field recordings and creating art inspired by our feathered friends. You'll also hear local wildlife chirping through the album. “There’s a whole spectrum of stuff, from more pop-leaning to weird stuff,” he teases. That’s when all the music came together.”Ībsorbing the splendour of his surroundings - walking barefoot through lush bushland and rolling hills, growing and eating his own vegetables, taking in the vivid colours and smells of a brewing storm – Palaces aims to bend his celebrated forward-thinking production towards rendering the majesty of nature into mind-bending music. Felt like I had a lot of clarity, felt much more grounded, living a really simple life. “I called it Palaces because I felt like when I returned home… It felt like my palace. Taking up residence in a coastal NSW town, Flume found inspiration by reconnecting with nature. The new album is inspired by Australia’s flora and faunaįlume tells us the follow-up to 2016’s world-conquering Skin and 2019’s Hi This Is Flume mixtape began taking shape once he escaped Los Angeles at the dawn of the pandemic and returned Down Under. The 13-track effort features a dizzying list of globe-spanning collabs, including Gorillaz and Blur mastermind Damon Albarn, UK’s LAUREL, US’s Caroline Polachek, Spain’s Vergen Maria, France’s Oklou, and fellow Australians Emma Louise and long-term Flume fave Kučka. MAY-A is one of several guests to feature on Flume’s upcoming third album Palaces. That’s the priority for me,” he said down the line from Los Angeles, amidst studio sessions with fellow Aussie hit-maker Sarah Aarons (who co-wrote ‘Say Nothing’). "I think the best work always comes out when you get along and really gel with the person. One thing led to another and here we are." “We hung out when I was back in and got along really great. “She’s got such a beautiful voice,” Harley ‘Flume’ Streten told triple j for the first global radio play of ‘Say Nothing’. The track features ARIA nom’d Sydney pop sensation and Unearthed favourite MAY-A (who just came #101 in the Hottest 200). He’s back! After teasing a new single this week, Flume has dropped ‘Say Nothing’ featuring MAY-A, and announced a new album, Palaces, is coming 20 May.Ī futuristic banger with an emotive vocal performance, ‘Say Nothing’ is in the same megahit lineage of Hottest 100 successes ‘Never Be Like You’ ft.
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