ULTRASOUND by Palace [CD]

Description: While writing the first batch of songs for the album, frontman Leo Wyndhams partner suffered a late miscarriage, which left the bands chief song-writer bereft and adrift. Ultrasound naturally became an open diary of their year-long struggle from devastation to deliverance. Album opener When Everything Was Lost, is chilling ozone rock with a hint of Bon Iver, capturing what Leo calls that initial bombshell feeling. From there, Ultrasound picks its way through the wreckage, seeking light, with the languid and lustrous pop-gaze trio of Bleach, Nightmares & Ice Cream and Rabid Dog. The hallucinogenic Nightmares... was based on a dream Leo had about seeing his partner in the afterlife: It was a very beautiful abstract thing that we were together and there was this total acceptance of what had happened and it was euphoric, he says. The final stretch signifies a more reflective period. Say The Words acknowledges the societal pressures on women to raise families and their resilience in the struggles of motherhood, How Far Weve Come confronts ageing and mortality. Epic album closer Goodnight Farewell sums up the future. Sonically corroded, beaten, but standing proud, it finds Leo finally attaining a sense of peace.

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Location: Gloucester

End Time: 2024-12-31T20:19:50.000Z

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