Afflecks Palace: Momentum
Formed in Manchester in summer 2019, Afflecks Palace are a 4-piece psyche guitar band described as “The birth of Nu-Madchester” by respected online curation platform Manchester Lemon. The group take influence from The Las, The Stone Roses, Kurt Vile, The Smiths and The Durutti Column.
Their sophomore EP “Everything Is An Attempt To Be Human” was released in September 2020 and hit no.3 in the UK vinyl chart, selling out 500 ltd-edition copies on preorder. Lead single “Pink Skies” was nationally premiered on BBC 6 Music by legendary DJ Steve Lamacq and made “Xposure – Track Of The Week” on Radio X by DJ John Kennedy before receiving support from Don Letts (6 music), Radcliffe & Maconie (6 music) and Jack Saunders (Radio 1).
Afflecks Palace will use their PPL Momentum funding to record, market and release their debut LP, and to facilitate the addition of lighting and sound engineers for promotional tours supporting the album.