Palaye Royale share ‘Lifeless Stars’ and tell us about their Libertines-inspired new album

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Palaye Royale have released new single ‘Lifeless Stars’ from their upcoming album ‘Fever Dream’. Check it out below alongside an interview with the band.According to the art-punk band, the haunting, piano-led track is dedicated to their fanbase, The Soldiers Of The Royal Court and their family.“We all shine bright but we all shine even brighter together.

You are all important,” they said in a statement.It’s a message that flows through their third album ‘Fever Dream’ which is out in October.Inspired by Radiohead, classical opera and The Doors, ‘Fever Dream’ is more lush and cinematic than the snarling outsider anthems that have come before, earning them support slots with the likes of Yungblud.“There’s tension, but it’s still beautiful,” Sebastian Danzig told NME from backstage in Prague ahead of a headline show in the city. “Look at a band like Sigur Ros – they channel so much angst without the need for fast, up-tempo punk songs.”There band point to new tracks like ‘Oblivion’, ‘Fever Dream’ and ‘Off With The Head’, which are – according to vocalist Remington Leith – “straight-up musical masturbation”.“We didn’t intend for the songs to be five, six, seven minutes long but we were just having so much fun in the studio,” he said. “It feels like everyone’s attention span is short right now, especially with stuff like TikTok, that we wanted to go in the complete opposite direction with this album,” he added, before explaining how their live show would always be “punk”.“That on-stage energy was originally out of necessity,” added drummer Emerson Barrett. “For the first few years of the band, the only tours we could get were with death metal, screamo or hardcore bands.