Palace bring their fifth album, Ox, to the Salt Shed on Nov. 13

The London indie-rock band's fall North American run lands in the Shed, the Salt Shed's 3,600-capacity indoor room, next Friday.

Friday the 13th, mid-November, the lake wind doing its thing along the river: not the obvious night for a band whose records sound like late summer. Palace are betting Chicago shows up anyway.

Palace play The Salt Shed Indoors (the Shed) on Friday, Nov. 13, at 8pm. Tickets run $41.65–$64.65 through Ticketmaster, where the listing bills the night as Palace with Willie J Healey. The Shed holds 3,600.

The reason for the trip is a new record. Palace released their fifth studio album, *Ox*, in September, a little more than two years after *Ultrasound*, according to the band's Wikipedia entry). This fall's run is a long one: a Warfield listing describes roughly 30 dates across the US and Canada, wrapping at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Chicago lands deep in the middle of it, after Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Boston, Detroit and Cleveland, and the night before Columbus.

That routing is good news for anyone buying a ticket. By the time Palace reach the Shed they'll have spent more than a week playing the new songs to American crowds, and the set should be settled. Fresh albums tend to sound best a couple of weeks into a tour, once the band knows which new songs land and which old ones the room is waiting for.

Fresh albums tend to sound best a couple of weeks into a tour, once the band knows which songs land.

Willie J Healey isn't a random add-on, either. The Oxfordshire songwriter has opened for Palace before, on a UK tour covered by DIY, and his own most recent album, *Twin Heavy*, came out last year, per Cherwell. If you like your guitar music warm and a little hazy, it's worth getting in early for his set.

The room matters here too. The Shed is the indoor half of the Salt Shed complex, and at 3,600 it's a big step up from a club but still a single open floor where the sound fills the space rather than drifting off into the sky. For a band that leans on reverb, swell and long, patient builds, that's a better fit than an amphitheater lawn in November.

What to know before you go: it's an 8pm start, so plan for a support set before Palace take the stage. The price range covers different ticket types, so check the Ticketmaster listing before you settle on one. And dress for a Chicago November walk from wherever you park or get dropped off; the wait outside is the coldest part of the night.

Palace make the kind of music people tend to discover alone, on headphones, and then are surprised to find 3,600 others feel the same way about. Next Friday is a chance to find out how many of them live here.

Sources: Palace (band) — Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); The Warfield: Palace (thewarfieldtheatre.com); DIY: Willie J Healey — Greys video (diymag.com); Cherwell: Willie J Healey (cherwell.org); JamBase: Palace at The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed) (jambase.com)