Picture the corniest dramatic scene from a romantic movie in your head: the rain’s gently sizzling on the window, all the while the couple on the screen are slow dancing to themselves with a hazing tune playing on a cheap radio. Well, that tune very well might be Someday, Somewhere, Palace’s wonderful, heart-tugging new single.

The soundscape created by layered guitars introduce the song’s mood immediately. You have an old, beat up acoustic guitar strumming on worn strings on one side, and a highly reverbed, washed out electric guitar supporting the melody on the other. All that is toppled with light tambourines, and bass drums hits punched with bass guitar. The classic Palace vocals finish the serum that is this elegant ballad. The harmonies are stronger than ever in typical modern folk fashion, without ever really feeling explicitly folky. Though it’s clearly rooted in its inspired style, this song feels far more cross-genre than any song Palace have put out before. It sits perfectly in the harmony between all different kinds of music; not really belonging anywhere in particular, all the while being completely confident in what it is.

The mood brought on by the spacey instruments and the lamenting vocals feel like a lonely glass of wine on a week night. Sure, it’s sweet to taste, but there’s something incredibly melancholic about it. The authenticity of the production makes it all the more charming. In a world where mainstream music is riddled with heavy production and popping tunes, it’s always nice to hear a song as confidently real as this one.

This song isn’t really a showcase for new horizons in Palace’s catalog – rather, it’s a wonderful addition to an already impressive discography. Not only does this serve as a wonderful new single for the band, but it might be a lot of new listeners’ introduction to the band because of how easy-to-digest and accessible it is. Not only that, but it’s a wonderful song through and through, that is undeniable

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Author: Nicholas Gaudet

Music producer and writer from Dieppe, Canada.