℗ 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited; A Fiction Records release
| Released | July 12, 2019 |
| Duration | 47m 22s |
| Record Label | Fiction |
| Genre | Alternative |
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1.1
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Life After
Palace |
5:08 | |||
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1.2
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Berlin
Palace |
3:12 | |||
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1.3
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Younger
Palace |
3:26 | |||
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1.4
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Face In The Crowd
Palace |
3:16 | |||
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1.5
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Caught My Breath
Palace |
4:08 | |||
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1.6
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Martyr
Palace |
4:09 | |||
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1.7
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All In My Stride
Palace |
5:09 | |||
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1.8
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No Other
Palace |
3:53 | |||
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1.9
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Running Wild
Palace |
4:00 | |||
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1.10
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Bones
Palace |
3:36 | |||
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1.11
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Heaven Up There
Palace |
7:25 |
With their sublime second album, Palace have pulled off a rare pop trick. Songs steeped in darkness emerge in to light, from bleak situations spring fresh starts. Bathed in the band’s atmospheric alt-rock, the future feels brighter and more optimistic Life After is both an album about loss and a manual to moving on.
“I’m writing this song, to help you breathe again,” sings Leo Wyndham on the opening title track, a shimmering ode to survival. By the epic, seven minute-plus closer Heaven Up There, the theme of Life After is obvious. “Hope,” says Leo. “Hope and positivity – seeing the light at the end of a long tunnel. It’s about going through tough times and coming out the other side.”
Palace didn’t start their second album with any plans in place. Buoyed by the reception of their debut, 2016’s So Long Forever, and near two years of sold-out shows and festival slots that won them fans worldwide, the London-based trio of former Dorset school friends had a new-found confidence that they were keen to capture on record.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Fiction Studio Masters
Tracks 1-3, 6-9, 11 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
Tracks 1-3, 6-9, 11 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.20 -0.20 to -0.20 | -14.47 -19.67 to -12.13 | -11.54 -16.80 to -9.30 | 9 7 to 13 | |
| 1 | Life After | -0.20 | -12.70 | -9.9 | 7 |
| 2 | Berlin | -0.20 | -13.25 | -10.8 | 8 |
| 3 | Younger | -0.20 | -14.93 | -11.9 | 8 |
| 4 | Face In The Crowd | -0.20 | -19.67 | -16.8 | 13 |
| 5 | Caught My Breath | -0.20 | -12.76 | -10.6 | 8 |
| 6 | Martyr | -0.20 | -13.80 | -10.5 | 8 |
| 7 | All In My Stride | -0.20 | -17.09 | -14.0 | 10 |
| 8 | No Other | -0.20 | -12.15 | -9.7 | 7 |
| 9 | Running Wild | -0.20 | -12.13 | -9.3 | 8 |
| 10 | Bones | -0.20 | -15.97 | -13.4 | 11 |
| 11 | Heaven Up There | -0.20 | -14.70 | -10.0 | 7 |