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Negative Space

by PALAIS IDEAL

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    Tracklist:

    A1. The Overseer
    A2. Results
    A3. Keeping The Faith
    A4. The Ghosts Are Here Again
    A5. Anything For A Thrill

    B1. Static Movement
    B2. How Do You Feel?
    B3. Reject The Anaesthetic
    B4. The Voice Of Reason
    B5. Age Of Intransigence

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    Limited Edition yellow vinyl LP with lyric sheet - signed by the band!

    Tracklist:

    A1. The Overseer
    A2. Results
    A3. Keeping The Faith
    A4. The Ghosts Are Here Again
    A5. Anything For A Thrill

    B1. Static Movement
    B2. How Do You Feel?
    B3. Reject The Anaesthetic
    B4. The Voice Of Reason
    B5. Age Of Intransigence

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1.
The Overseer 04:33
I am one million eyes prying from a distance, collecting data as you go about your day. Logging conduct, registering questions, I quantify you. Don’t think that I don’t know you better than you think I do. Compile your profile. Home is where the hardware is. What could you want outside? Exit denied. I’m watching, observing, recording, and learning. I see you, I hear you, revise you, improve you. My direct connection will guide you, console you… Who told me it’s OK? Tailor entertainment to every neural impulse, optimise surroundings, regulate nutrition, register reactions, implement restrictions… I quantify you Don’t think that I don’t know you better than you think I do. Compile your profile. Home is where the hardware is. What could you want outside? Exit denied. I’m watching, observing, recording, and learning. I see you, I hear you, revise you, improve you. My direct connection will guide you, console you… Who told me it’s OK? You.
2.
Results 04:53 video
See them on the television, know you’ll never play their game. Streamlined men that speak in slogans never call things by their name. Watching all the storm clouds passing. Watch the rains sweep the street. Wait for things to come up cleaner. Go! No-one wins if no-one loses and the odds are seldom fair Nobody made you a victim. Nobody except yourself. Keep your finger on the trigger. Keep your finger on the pulse. Don’t relax, not for one minute, because that’s how you get results. Taking on the competition, laughing in the face of fear. Fortitude through persecution. Opposition loud and clear. Don't expect consideration if you’re ready to complain. No gain without application. No. No-one wins if no-one loses and the odds are seldom fair Nobody made you a victim. Nobody except yourself. Keep your finger on the trigger. Keep your finger on the pulse. Don’t relax, not for one minute, because that’s how you get results.
3.
We fail. Each of us is fallible, built on chemistry, irrationality. Ignorant. Ticking all our boxes of orthodox correctness, laughable resentment. You find something to rely on as the landscape changes Though it seems hopeless all is not lost. Not lost. Problems, so seldom black and white. Bridges burned, rebuilt some other time. Infiltrate your power to our ends. Fight to the death. That’s just getting started. You find something to rely on as the landscape changes Though it seems hopeless all is not lost. Not lost.
4.
Time waits for no man, stands still for no-one, passes you by as you know all too well. though fragments are trapped, caught in the present, can’t be ignored, and they won’t go away. A frightening possibility. A terrible reality. The ghosts are here to stay again. Greet unwanted guests gliding towards you down memory lane from nowhere in particular. Outstaying their welcome, see them sleep soundly in comfort and light of a world long gone. A frightening possibility. A terrible reality. The ghosts are here to stay again.
5.
The buzzing of the underground, the solitude of wastelands, the scientific method, the values of enlightenment. Enlightenment. See spirit unclouded by fear. Transcendent, exalted, complete. Glory, refinement and grace found in the strangest place. Here they are now. Here they are now. Here they are now. Here they are now. The legacy of romance, a strange fascination, a deep sense of belonging, a beauty often overlooked. Overlooked. See spirit unclouded by fear. Transcendent, exalted, complete. Glory, refinement and grace found in the strangest place. Here they are now. Here they are now. Here they are now. Here they are now.
6.
Everyone’s a star today yet obviously not at all. Thin veneer of rock and roll without the pain exclusion brings. No potential in your emptiness, not the slightest sign of danger. A trophy that you never earned, something you can’t understand. A single very dull tattoo glimpsed beneath the on-brand shirt. If that’s your authenticity I would rather not have any. No potential in your emptiness, not the slightest sign of danger. A trophy that you never earned, something you can’t understand.
7.
Fog across an old canal, down side streets dimly lit, along the walls of crimson brick. The centuries bear witness. Rose-tinted haze of memories slicing through the grime. Where is this future that was promised us? Only glimpsed but never given. Where is this future that was promised us? Brave new world. Brave new world. In this bleakest season the dispossessed and hopeless move endlessly aimless to their destination. From the fall of reason to a bleak midwinter. Where is this future that was promised us? Only glimpsed but never given. Where is this future that was promised us? Brave new world. Brave new world.
8.
Turning round a corner, still on the road to hell. You know it won’t end well. New page in an awful book. Someone asks you how you feel… You accidentally tell them. Selfish and self-centred Too late, too late. Still, acheiving nothing on your own terms is better than success on anybody else’s.
9.
elf-obsessed and so indulgent. Why live in oblivion? Embrace the anger. Determination. Reject the anaesthetic. Reclaim the pain. Turn off these endless distractions. Shut down and re-engage. Lethargy becomes a blessing. Apathy conveys success. Embrace the anger. Determination. Reject the anaesthetic. Reclaim the pain. Turn off these endless distractions. Shut down and re-engage.
10.
So much I’d say to comfort you. Unfortunately I don’t want to. You seemed to be happier but caught it just in time. Thought you’d fail all along it’s up to you to prove me wrong You’re waiting for directions but need to find your way. You’re never lost or lonely as long as you believe, as long as you keep fighting, as long as you still breathe. Hear the voice of reason. Question as you learn. Question as you learn. Nostalgia, between you and me, was never what it used to be. A sorrow older than the world seems so overwhelming. Thought you’d fail all along. It’s up to you to prove me wrong. You’re waiting for directions but need to find your way. You’re never lost or lonely as long as you believe, as long as you keep fighting, as long as you still breathe. Hear the voice of reason. Question as you learn. Question as you learn.
11.
Please engage the headset. Position all the sensors. Did you fill the form out? Understand the questions? Let the game commence, then. Ready for the first round. From this great distance he could not make out how tall the figures were, but their heads seemed to extend into the clouds and what appeared to be red eyes glared solemnly down through the mist. He felt the distinct sensation of seeing through his eyes with a second pair of eyes, positioned directly behind him, but could not turn to investigate. Totally desensitised, craving new sensations. Anything for a thrill. Anything. Now we start the next round, assuming that you understand our limited liability. These implants are brand new and the risk is so real. How’s that for excitement? No-one to be seen for miles and miles but someone had clearly been here... Remains of motorways and buildings, flags of unknown nations and signs in strange script. He stared at his hands but could not feel them. Caught a glimpse of someone in a broken pane. Realised he was seeing himself and understood there could be no way back. Totally desensitised, craving new sensations. Anything for a thrill. Anything.
12.
My science created this system for you. I’ve nothing more to give, I’ve nothing left to lose. Good intentions providing a platform to share information with everyone everywhere. Understanding, a new harmony, communication and literacy. Abuse this gift for influence and gain for power and entertainment. Decoding. Auto-correcting the lies. Restoring. Data that you cannot hide. Distorting. Merge fabrication and fact. I am the censor. My conscience successfully merged with machine. Analysing. There is nothing I that can't see. Disinformation. Inaccuracy. Omissions. Humanity. Understanding, a new harmony, communication and literacy. Abuse this gift for influence and gain for power and entertainment.

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released November 5, 2021

Written by John Edwards & Richard van Kruysdijk

Recorded at Studio 37, POM and Poème Electronique, Eindhoven

Produced by Palais Ideal & Pete Burns
Mixed by Pete Burns at The Shelter, Glasgow
Mastered by Jason Corbett at Jacknife Sound, Vancouver

Artwork by Richard van Kruysdijk

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PALAIS IDEAL Eindhoven, Netherlands

Constructed from fragments of post-punk, new wave and goth.​ Foundations are provided by vintage synthesizers and drum machines. Sweeping guitars and vocals create overarching structures.​ Romanticism and stark modernism are fused into an energetic new style.​ ... more

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