Announce Their Third Album
THE BASTARDS
Released on May 29th Via Sumerian Records
Pre-Orders Available Now From PalayeRoyale.com
Video For Brand New Track
LONELY Released Today
Watch/Listen Here
Adrenalin-fueled, Rock n’ roll circus and recent JUNO nominees, PALAYE ROYALE, have today announced the long-awaited release date for their highly anticipated new album, THE BASTARDS. The band’s third studio album will be released on Sumerian Records on May 29th. Pre-orders are available now from palayeroyale.com
The band have also released a brand new track from the upcoming album today, titled ‘Lonely‘.
The track features some of the most honest and heartbreaking lyrics ever written by frontman Remington Leith and the accompanying music video, which he also directed, is a perfect reflection of the difficult and deeply personal topics addressed by the song of childhood abandonment, mental health issues and drug use. Speaking on the track, Remington says:
“Lonely is about the mental and physical abuse I endured as a child. Growing up, I went through so much shit and at points felt so low I couldn’t see a way out. It has effected me deeply throughout my life but I want the world to know that no matter what you’re going through, if I can make it out on the other side, so can you.”
PALAYE ROYALE have been teasing their 3rd studio album, THE BASTARDS since last year. Surrounded by a utopian world created by the band, THE BASTARDS is set in a place that is a reflection of their own lives, but in a mythological sense. Speaking on this special world he and his brothers have created, Emerson Barrett adds:
“It takes place around the island of Obsidian and it’s set in 1888. In short, it’s a world that started off with intentions where the island encouraged free thinkers and artists to exist and, as everything does in life, eventually it becomes this political power and evil toxicity that comes with everything. To remain a true individual in the society, you must wear a gas mask.”
Musically, the album 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. That, despite the fact that it was recorded in a variety of locations. Speaking on the recording of THE BASTARDS, Sebastian Danzig states:
“We rented an AirBnB in Joshua Tree, one in London, and we kept on going in little areas and writing new sections of the album. It’s crazy — we thought the album was done in March of last year, and we did the heavy stuff in Joshua Tree. We wrote ‘Little Bastards’ a week before the album was supposed to be mixed and mastered.”
In short, THE BASTARDS is an album that demands your attention.The world needs Palaye Royale right now and Palaye Royale have delivered in spades.
THE BASTARDS Track Listing
01 Little Bastards
02 Massacre, The New American Dream
03 Anxiety
04 Tonight Is The Night I Die
05 Lonely
06 Hang On To Yourself
07 Fucking With My Head
08 Nervous Breakdown
09 Nightmares
10 Masochist
11 Doom (Empty)
12 Black Sheep
13 Stay14 Redeemer
15 Lord Of Lies (Bonus track)
PALAYE ROYALE will be hitting the road for THE BASTARDS North America tour next month presented by Ones To Watch and The Noise, beginning in Sacramento on April 17th and hitting a further 25 cities before culminating in a hometown show at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on May 29th. Tickets and VIP packages are available from palayeroyale.com
4/17 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades*
4/19 – Vancouver, BC – Venue Nightclub*
4/20 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre*
4/21 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre*
4/22 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory Concert House*
4/24 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot*
4/25 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall*
4/26 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown*
4/29 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater*
5/1 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s*
5/3 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues – Chicago*
5/5 – Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theater*
5/6 – Detroit, MI – St Andrews Hall*
5/7 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues – Cleveland*
5/8 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House*
5/10 – New York, NY – Webster Hall*
5/14 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
5/15 – Philadelphia, PA – The Theatre of Living Arts
5/16 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
5/17 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground
5/18 – Nashville, TN – The Cowan
5/20 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza ‘LIVE’
5/21 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
5/23 – Dallas, TX – TBD
5/24 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
5/27 – Phoenix, AZ – The Pressroom
5/29 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern**
*with The Hunna **with Jessie Paege
