“It’s where chaos meets harmony and where we find ourselves struggling between ego and self-destruction,” is how Palaye Royale summarise the story behind Death or Glory. The fifth record from the Las Vegas trio channels this imbalance through a mishmash of 12 tracks, spanning from the solemn to the sensual, and everything between. Its opener and title-track is a bold statement of self-acceptance, seemingly a way of declaring “this is who we are, take it or leave it” as Remington Leith sings, ‘If you don’t like it, then go on and cancel me’, in his raspy, growling voice. Further in, you’re taken through grand ballads and modern rock blazers on the tantalising mess of casual flings and situationships, a most prominently in Ache In My Heart’s breathy tones and...