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Chay's Palace

by Chayse Porter

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1.
Purpling Dawn 02:36 video
2.
Jetlag 03:41
3.
Nobody Wants You (More Than Me) 04:02
4.
Penny 03:20
5.
Heat Lamp 03:22
6.
Theme From Chay's Palace 01:08
7.
Palace Doors 02:53
8.
Pacific Inn 04:03
9.
Purpling Dawn Pt 2 03:45
10.
Blue Star 02:55
11.
Yoshi 05:07

about

Some people choose the pages of a diary to spill their innermost feelings and recount their trials and tribulations. Instead, Chayse Porter has a palace. “It's this metaphorical place where I can go to express myself and feel safe,” he explains. “Like the Beach Boys ‘In My Room’, it's this place where you can get all your secrets out in the open and feel at home.” But rather than luxuriate in his regal mental abode, Porter’s latest for Earth Libraries (due TK) takes listeners on a grand tour, revealing the nooks and crannies of his heart and mind.

Stretching from shades of gray to technicolor, Chay’s Palace traces the arc of Porter’s last few years, never flinching from the complex reality. “When I'm going through something traumatic, I lean into this world of distorted whimsy,” Porter says. “The ideas that come out are weird, playful, but dissonant at the same time.” As one third of indie rockers Seriously, that frustration with the world often manifests in open rebellion; recording under his own name, Porter channels more intimate anxieties with more personal solutions. As Chay’s Palace advances, the record expands and adapts, Porter facing loss and heartbreak, joy and growth, each small moment under a magnifying glass and turned into a room in the palace.

Much of the album faces Porter’s experience living between the cities of San Francisco and his native Birmingham, Alabama, and the stress that dual life laid onto his relationships. The classic indie pop rattle of “Jetlag” sets that particular scene perfectly, as curls of smoky guitar, aching string arrangements, and skip-hop percussion surround the lonely tale of traveling away from his beloved. The complexity of his living arrangements played into the writing and recording of the album as well, as Porter found himself locked into the closet of his shared studio apartment for demos, only to re-record portions of the tracks in the studio.

Recording on vintage gear and working with producer Brad Timko (who had also worked on the most recent release from Porter’s Seriously) redoubles that sense of intimacy, imbuing every take with a bronzy finish. As the album rolls ever forward to its conclusion, the rough edges of the pain and suffering have softened, and Porter has come to a sense of hopefulness.

“It was very tumultuous to put this album together and express myself openly in this way, but at the end of the album I’m reassuring myself that there's an opportunity for growth both personally and interpersonally, having gone through this challenging time and coming out the other side,” Porter says. At the end of the long and fascinating tour of Chay’s Palace, Porter makes the listener feel the warmth at its core that he himself has found.

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released March 2, 2022

All music composed by Chayse Porter.

Guitars, bass, piano, organ, and auxiliary percussion performed by Chayse Porter. Drums performed by Rolfe Briney. Cello performed by Hellen Weberpal. Violin performed by Meg Ford

Engineered by Brad Timko

Mastered by Carl Saff

Artwork by Devon McFarland

Layout by Julia Fletcher

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