Biography
Beginnings (2018-2019)
Future Palace was founded at the end of 2018 by singer Maria Lessing, guitarist Manuel Kohlert, and drummer Johannes Frenzel. [1] The latter two had previously been active in several bands together and met Maria Lessing when she sang a feature for their band at the time. [2] [3] [4] With the idea of establishing a new band later, the three created a WhatsApp group called "Future Palace". This name was ultimately adopted as the band name. [4] [5] On March 26, 2019, the band released their first single Maybe. [6] The accompanying music video was released on April 11, 2019, on Future Palace's YouTube channel. [7] [8] The band then on May 31, 2019, released a second single Anomaly. [9] The band played their first concerts on August 29 and 30, 2019 in Berlin and Hamburg. [10] [11] [12]
Escape and Arising Empire (2020)
On March 6, 2020, Arising Empire announced that they had signed Future Palace. On the same day the single Illusionist featuring Tobias Rische of Alazka was released along with a music video. [13] [14] [15] Announced with the release of their single Ghost Capter on July 17, 2020, the band released their debut album Escape on September 18, 2020. In addition, a Germany-wide headliner tour was announced for early 2021, which later had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [16] [17]
Run (2021-2022)
On November 5, 2021, the band released their single Paradise including a music video. [18] [19] With the release of the single Heads Up on December 16, 2021, the second album Run was also announced, which was released on June 10, 2022. [20] [21] The album opened on position 82 in the official german Albums Charts. [22] In April 2022 the band played their first headlining tour, called "Take Me to Paradise" tour. [18] [23]
Distortion (2023-Present)
On April 20, 2023, Future Palace released their single Malphas, followed by Uncontrolled on April 5, 2024. [24] [25] On May 16, 2024, they released The Echoes of Disparity, featuring Charlie Rolfe of As Everything Unfolds, followed by an announcement of their third studio album, titled Distortion, to be released on September 6, 2024. [26] [27] On June 21, 2024, they released the fourth single from this upcoming album, titled Dreamstate. [28]
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