Pallett chose "Final Fantasy" because playing solo "was reminiscent of the hours and hours I had spent as an adolescent playing those epic JRPGs," but "laws of trademark infringement exist for good reason," so he's reverting to his given name. Heartland is out 1/12.

Owen Pallett has announced he will no longer record as Final Fantasy following copyright issues with a computer games manufacturer.

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Pallett chose "Final Fantasy" because playing solo "was reminiscent of the hours and hours I had spent as an adolescent playing those epic JRPGs," but "laws of trademark infringement exist for good reason," so he's reverting to his given name. Heartland is still out 1/12.

Folks have been patiently awaiting Owen Pallett's forthcoming third Final Fantasy full-length Heartland. A pair of EPs worked well as a stopgap, but it's bound to be especially satisfying to hear Pallett's increasingly ambitious songwriting spread over a dozen tracks aka "a fully orchestral record, designed to exist simultaneously as an album, a...