Palace Fires

The lilting indie rock beauty of Palace Fires features Matt Adam (drums) and Steve Mason (guitar), formerly from the ’90s Britpop band Gene, along with Mike Buchanan (bass) and Ed Bannard (vocals/guitar). Upon the 2004 demise of Gene, Mason and Adam had plans to keep working jointly, but discovering the right vocalist became a trying job. In early 2005, they befriended the doe-eyed Bannard at a London membership, and by adding Buchanan, Palace Fires had been blessed. Their debut one, the U.K.-just “Absolutely nothing Comes Close,” premiered on Unique in August 2006.