As Night Palace, singer/songwriter Avery Draut makes mystified indie pop with touches of both celestial strangeness and orchestral sweetness. Draut and her band brought a new definition to her sound on 2022 debut Diving Rings, by adding touches of chamber pop instrumentation and gentle sophistipop undertones to songs already marked by intriguing melodic shifts.
Night Palace began when Draut moved from Athens, Georgia to New York in 2016. She had been involved in Athens' independent music community for years, sharing stages with Kishi Bashi and playing in Eric Bachman's tourin...