Toronto-based post punk/lo-fi/dream punk project Fake Palms (aka Michael le Riche) has premiered the video for his new single "Flags".
The song is taken from his forthcoming third studio album 'Lemons', which will be out this Friday, September 16th via Hand Drawn Dracula Records. Pre-order your copy here.
"Flags" arrives as the final preview of the new record which, as a full piece, circles around outsider-pop, post-punk and the sound of early/mid-naughts British indie-rock. Swirling guitars bounce off of each other circling around fervent percussion before shifting into something harder-hitting across the chorus.
Speaking about it, Michael says: "'Flags' is a song about having to find where you fit within the machinery. Is it comfortable? Is it against what your beliefs are? Do you want to do it or do you have to do it? Do you feel like a traitor? Or are you scared at how much you actually enjoy it? We all seem to have these specters we answer to, these things we rally for or against subconsciously. This is kind of about what happens when you are forced to stare your decisions in the face."
Watch/listen below.
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