Flume has released a new track, “Sirens”, featuring breakout U.S. star Caroline Polachek. The track, which was co-written and produced by Danny L Harle can be heard now below.
The new song is taken from Flume’s forthcoming new LP, Palaces, out May 20 on Future Classic and Transgressive. Fans can pre-order/pre-save it here.
“Caroline and I had known each other for years, but she’d just moved to L.A. and we bumped into each other living down the street,” Flume says. “We started playing weekly games of Magic The Gathering with A.G. Cook and a few friends. We started doing a session, and Danny L Harle showed me a voice note from Caroline with some very early stages of vocals. I loved it and went back in on it during the pandemic.”
Speaking on the origins of the song’s lyrical contents, Polachek adds, “I was living by myself in London, and it was the darkest time in the pandemic. I was really going through it, feeling so small, unable to control anything in the world, and the lyric ‘sirens’ was in reference to constant ambulances I was hearing.”
To mark the release, Stage 2 of Flume’s World Tour has been announced, with a run of extra special, intimate club shows in the U.K. and Europe this summer. With stops in London, Berlin and Paris, the run will also include festival appearances at Pohoda Festival, Dour Festival and Super Bock Super Rock.
Tickets are on sale for the Flume World Tour, kicking off in April with stops in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and two sold-out nights at Red Rocks in addition to previously announced lineup-topping sets at Coachella, Governor’s Ball and Bonnaroo. Supporting acts include Floating Points, Channel Tres, Tinashe, Magdalena Bay and more. Purchase tickets at flu.me.
“Sirens” follows the first offering from Palaces, “Say Nothing” featuring MAY-A, released last month. The album features further appearances from a host of vocalists and collaborators from around the world, including British polymath-icon Damon Albarn, Spain’s Vergen Maria, France’s Oklou and fellow Australian Kučka, who returns following her standout turn on Skin.
FLUME LIVE:
April 14 Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Las Vegas, NV
April 16 Coachella Indio, CA
April 23 Coachella Indio, CA
May 23 The Sylvee Madison, WI
May 26 Armory Minneapolis, MN
May 27 Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL
May 28 Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL
May 31 RBC Echo Beach Toronto, ON
June 2 Masonic Temple Theatre Detroit, MI
June 3 Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica Cleveland, OH
June 4 KEMBA LIVE! Columbus, OH
June 5 Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA
June 8 The Anthem Washington, D.C.
June 10 Skyline Stage at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA
June 11 Governor’s Ball New York, NY
June 12 Red Hat Amphitheater Raleigh, NC
June 15 Orlando Amphitheater Orlando, FL
June 18 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN
July 8 Pohoda Festival Trenčín, SK
July 9 Mad Cool Festival Madrid, ES
July 11 KOKO London, UK
July 14 Super Bock Super Rock Sesimbra, PT
July 16 L’Olympia Paris, FR
July 17 Dour Festival Dour, BE
July 19 Astra Berlin, DE
September 6 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO*
September 7 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO*
* sold out