I believe the clothing just helps us feel more ourselves and authentic. It helps express our individuality and in this day and age that is one of the most important things.
Following that, the “Death Palette” brings your music’s dark, theatrical energy into a tangible, wearable form. What was the creative vision behind it, does it capture a part of the band’s identity that can’t be expressed through music alone?
I’ve always used makeup as kind of a mask and a shield to help hide my insecurities but now I wear in almost as a badge of pride or uniform to bring out my confidence and we want to share that with our fans.
People often focus on your bond as brothers, but I want to explore what exists beneath that surface. What part of your shared history influences the music in a way only the three of you can recognise, and how does that private language appear during the creative process or in the intensity of a live show?
Well we all have such different musical taste and you can really hear that in our music and that’s what makes us palaye royale. I believe it’s the creative differences that we have that makes our sound so unique.
You recently shared online how musicians today often have to be influencers for their music to succeed. How do you navigate the balance between creating art and managing that public persona, how does that pressure shape the way you present your music or connect with fans?
Obviously we would love it if you can just put on music and people show up and albums sell themselves but unfortunately in this time we live in you have to be on social media and get yourself out there in different ways but honestly I think we are having a lot more fun with it because now it’s just another creative thing we get to do instead of looking at it like a chore, so it feels like there isn’t so much pressure with it because we are having fun doing it.
You are heading to Australia soon. What energy do you associate with your Australian crowds, what does performing in that environment awaken in you as you prepare for this next run of shows?
Well first off I’m just excited not to be in the cold because we just spent the last 6 weeks on tour in the freezing cold so some sun will be nice. It’s been almost 6 years since we’ve been in Australia and I can not wait to go back! The country is so beautiful and I miss the craziness of an Australian crowd so I’m expecting it to be pure chaos.
Your music and visuals are shaped by the cities you move through and the environments you inhabit. As you travel, what places imprint themselves onto your work the most and do landscapes or atmospheres change the tone of the songs you write?
We definitely take inspiration from cities in our writing and in our most current works we wrote a bunch of songs for the new album in a windmill in the Netherlands so hopefully you will be able to hear that in the upcoming music.
