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'All for You'Released: 17 September 2018Palo Santo is the second studio album by the English trio, released by on 6 July 2018. Executive produced by the band, it is the follow-up to their debut album (2015). After the success of their Communion, the trio felt pressured in making their succeeding record. Influenced by religion and spirituality, lead singer and principal songwriter wanted to connect religious transcendence to pop music after perceiving parallels between a church's sense of belonging.
The trio met with frequent and new collaborators such as, and to produce most its tracks. It is named after the South American ' (Spanish for 'holy wood'), which was commonly used to fend off bad spirits, though Alexander used its name as a referring to men he knew.Palo Santo is a, set in the fictional world of Palo Santo, where traditional rules regarding gender and sexuality do not exist. Its lyrical content deals with 'the murky, complicated side' of desire, as well as the connection between religion and, using religious in dealing with themes of sexuality, queerness and guilt.
Its visual imagery took inspirations from science fiction and technology where androids yearn to experience emotion. Sonically, the album is a and record influenced by pop. Palo Santo 's release was accompanied by a short film of the same name. Its promotional campaign features a single aesthetic of a dystopian future in Palo Santo, both of which were prominently used for the album and its accompanying film.Upon its release, Palo Santo received praise from music critics, some of whom lauded its deeper emotional resonance compared to its predecessor and Alexander's refusal to embrace moral didacticism and his vibrant display of character.
Commercially, the album debuted in the top three of the and became the band's second album to top the chart. Three singles were released from the album—', ' and 'All for You', with the latter two making the top forty on the, and 'If You're Over Me' becoming a top ten hit. The trio are set to support the album on the, which commenced in October 2018 in North America. The title of the album is named after the ' wood (pictured). Endemic to South America, it is mainly used to cast off bad spirits or energy.Palo Santo draws influence from images of and religion, also prominent themes in the band's previous work.
It was named after the South American-endemic wood palo santo (, Spanish for 'holy wood'), which was used as an incense by the to cast off bad spirits. Contributor Cameron Cook suggested it may have been influenced by the fact that dancing is considered the ' in most Western theologies, and that there was a thrill in shaking one's 'blasphemous hips while invoking the Lord'. He also pointed out that to the band's impulse to connect pop music with religious transcendence was a 'sacred experience' to Alexander, its principal songwriter. Alexander, who grew up next door to a church, was intrigued by the rituals performed there, such as a decoration of oranges for the and reciting the, despite not believing in organised religion himself. He remarked, 'I was so yearning to be a part of something, I think that's why, obviously, religion is really powerful. All the ritualism and symbolism and I'm just really drawn by all of that stuff.' He further observed that 'traditionally, the church has like very much shut out gay people' and he has tried to subvert it 'a little bit'.
Viewing songwriting as a cathartic and mysterious healing ritual, he noticed 'odd parallels between a church's sense of belonging, and the celebratory freedom that exists in a space filled with dancing, thrashing bodies, and filthy, sexy pop'. Following his breakup, Alexander read the novel by, which portrayed 'the club.like a church; a church for gay people to go and dance.' This idea inspired the album. He later chose the album's title upon discovering the meaning of 'palo santo', which he considered apt as he had met 'a lot of guys who think they have some holy '; he remarked, 'thinking that your dick is holy?
I've known guys like that.' 'I wanted to create this kind of fantasy world that music would go alongside – pop music is always about fantasy and escapism to me, so we should just create our own world that all of the music videos we make and our live show, the visuals and the artwork, the merchandise – everything can be consistent from this one unique world, and that world is called Palo Santo.'
Alexander on the concept of Palo Santo.Palo Santo is intended as a. Based around the concept of 'post-human failure', it is set in the world of Palo Santo, a futuristic dystopian society populated by human-hunting androids.
The trio described Palo Santo as a world where all the rules regarding gender and sexuality do not exist. Alexander opined that he saw that it was his chance to flip society's normal social rules on their head and begin to question ideas such as 'What is an android's sexuality?' , 'What is an android's gender?' , and 'How would an android experience love?' He then arranged to collaborate with film producer Fred Rowson for a year until they came on the titular track, describing that 'It was all a jigsaw puzzle that came together through the concept for the album.' Pundits also noted its lyrical themes have mainly dealt with 'the murky, complicated side' of desire, as well as the connection between religion and, using religious iconography in dealing with themes of sexuality, queerness and guilt. Visual imagery accompanying the album is inspired by science fiction and technology.
Alexander explained, 'I'm fascinated by technology and how it is changing the way we live and view our humanity. I was wondering how Artificial Intelligence) will be like. What if the androids wanted to be more human to know what it's like to fall in love? Or what it meant to be gay, or to be a man, or to have gender?'
; he added, 'I thought it would be a really interesting way to explore all of those topics in songs in a way that is playful, but interesting. There's a lot of my own story on the album too.' Critics noted the record as primarily consisting of and beats influenced by pop. Named after the South American wood, Alfred Soto of surmised the lyrics of 'Palo Santo' celebrates a lover who is like 'the darkness' in him but may also be a literal translation of what if feels like to have holy inside him.Problems playing this file? See.All tracks on Palo Santo were co-written by Alexander. The album opens with ', produced. Inspired by Dancer from the Dance, Alexander wrote the song about his past relationships with straight-identifying men, whose conflicted feelings he discusses in evocative lyrics about obscuring masks and sinful confessions, as he reassures them that what they are doing is not wrong.
The following track, 'Hallelujah', was co-written with Goldsworthy, Kurstin, Michaels, and Tranter. Its lyrics talk of getting onto the dancefloor and letting loose, dancing with strangers 'until our bodies are singing '. Kurstin and Ralph co-wrote the third track, 'All for You', as 'one to get deep on the dance floor and release your inner demons', referring to the feeling of relief after leaving a toxic lover. The fourth song, 'Karma', written with, talks about trying good fortune on for size, navigating the game-play that happens within a budding romance. Alexander described 'Hypnotised', the follow-up number, as a song about 'falling head over heels for somebody and it totally upends everything you thought you knew about yourself.'
Written with Ralph, it was based on his memories of the initial stage in his relationship with Amin-Smith, during which he wonders 'if I am ever going to fall in love with someone again'. A short version of the song was used for a promotional campaign by the fashion company, for their collection with Turkish-Canadian fashion designer.Following 'Hypnotised' is 'Rendezvous', written by the whole trio.
In the song, Alexander sings of being disappointed to discover that a relationship is merely physical. He described the seventh song, ', as about being friends with an ex-lover, lamenting that 'spoiler alert—it doesn't often work.
In fact, in my experience, the relationship often ends up ruined.' Written with, Alexander added that the song 'is about the emotional torture that ensues —– meeting up and making out, then breaking up all over again, then making out some more'. The eighth track, 'Preacher', written with, is a song about unlearning guilt and embracing one's self. Alexander wrote the ninth song 'Lucky Escape' by himself to confront the more unlikable aspects of our own emotions.
Following this is the titular song 'Palo Santo'. Written with Hudson, the song was inspired by someone Alexander was caught in a with who uses the 'palo santo'-infused incense sticks to cleanse and purify his personal space. The interlude 'Here' closes the standard version of the album, which features a stripped-down performance from Alexander. Three bonus tracks appear on the album's deluxe edition: 'Howl', written by the trio with Ralph and; 'Don't Panic', written with Kid Harpoon; and 'Up in Flames', which was co-written with Kurstin. The Japanese release of the album includes 'Coyote', written with Ralph; and a remix version of 'If You're Over Me' featuring South Korean singer from the boy group as its closing track. Release and promotion. ^ 6 July 2018 releases of Palo Santo Limited edition 2×LP:.
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