Owen Pallet will release his new album In Conflict on May 13 via Domino Records. The album was recorded in Montreal with Mark Lawson. Owen worked with a rhythm section consisting of Robbie Gordon and Matt Smith, as well as contributions from Brian Eno and The Czech FILMharmonic Orchestra, amongst others.
As per the press release, here’s a description of the album:
In Conflict is full of love songs— more specifically, songs about liminal states and our loved ones locked in battle with them. “The record is meant to approach ‘insanity’ in a positive way,” Owen says— emphasis on the ironizing scare quotes around singular notions of insanity. “Depression, addiction, gender trouble, and the creative state are presented as positive, loveable, empathetic ways of being. Not preferable, per se, but all as equal, valid positions that we experience, which make us human.”
The announcement came with an album trailer which features all the album credits, as well as a clip of a new song presumably off the record. Find that posted below.
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