Belfast boundary-breaker Mount Palomar is back, and his new single “Little Fractures” might be his most deliriously fun curveball yet. Teaming up with Amsterdam indie darling Pip Blom, Palomar smashes his widescreen electronics into Pip’s sugar-sharp melodic instincts, landing somewhere between a club epiphany and a coming-of-age confession scribbled at 3 AM.
Fresh off the BBC 6Music B-List (again), Palomar swerves from last single “Pass the Parcel” into a high-tempo, trance-kissed whirlwind that channels the chaos, thrill and knots-in-the-stomach tension of sexual awakening. The lyric “I’ll break the bones on the back of my hand…”, written years ago for something slow and moody, now rides a hyperactive pulse with surprising ease. It shouldn’t make sense, but it absolutely does.
The self-directed video doubles down on the weird-beautiful energy, throwing masculinity and femininity into a surreal Belfast bingo-hall fever dream. Classic Palomar: theatrical, tongue-in-cheek, and just a bit unhinged. The track premiered on Huw Stephens’ BBC 6 Music show and features vocals from both artists.
George A Barnes directed the video for Mount Palomar, which stars Rambert Dance dancer Max Revell performing high choreography to the music.
All this arrives ahead of Palomar’s Feeding Frenzy EP, dropping February 5 via Nice Swan, and in the middle of a packed run that includes BBC Introducing Live, a 4,000-cap Aviva Studios support slot with Fat Dog, a Euro tour with Maruja, and a 100 Club show that evaporated in under two days. Oh, and he’s curating his own XOYO residency, because of course he is.
Mount Palomar is on a tear, and “Little Fractures” is the sound of an artist revelling in the mess, the joy, and the glorious contradictions of figuring yourself out.
Words by Lewis Robert Cameron @lrcfashionstylist
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