Au Palais opening sold out, Fat Possum-signed Caveman show (stream their EP)

by Andrew Sacher

Au Palais

Caveman, who recently signed to Fat Possum (who are now selling their album), conclude their North American tour in NYC on Friday (1/20) at Bowery Ballroom. That show is now sold out, but if you’ve got tickets you should get there early to check out London-via-Toronto duo Au Palais. The Bowery Ballroom show is their last North American show before returning home to London. Heaven is also on the bill.

Au Palais (aka brother and sister David and Elise Commathe) released their debut EP, Tender Mercy on December 5 via The Sounds of Sweet Nothing. The EP has gained pretty accurate comparisons to the dark synth pop of Austra and Zola Jesus but Elise Commathe sings with a much more subdued voice than the howls of Katie Stelmanis and Nika Danilova. Meanwhile, David plays a similar role in the group to that of Jamie xx in the The xx, with a focus on beatmaking that comes across most strongly on the EP’s closing instrumental track, “H.o.l.l.a.n.d.” Stream the entire EP below and purchase it at The Sounds of Sweet Nothing bandcamp.

Au Palais plan to follow this EP with a full length album that they recently spoke to FADER about:

DAVID: Yeah, we’re working on it right now. It’s a little brighter. We took a lot of inspiration from like early ’90s house music–full-on operatic vocals.
ELISE: Just blame it on my love to dance. I was like, David, we need to write a dance song.
DAVID: There’s also like plenty of dark shit in there, too, so don’t worry that’s still around.
ELISE: Don’t worry the moody depressive songs will be back.

All Caveman dates and Au Palais EP stream below…

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Au Palais – Tender Mercy EP

Caveman — 2012 Tour Dates
01/20: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Au Palais, Heaven
02/15: London, UK @ The Macbeth
02/16: Paris, France @ La Fleche D’Or – Fireworks Festival
02/17: St Malo, France @ La Route du Rock (live webcast)