Palm: Rock Island - COMPACT DISCS

Palm: Rock Island - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Rock Island Artist: Palm Label: Carpark Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 677517012422 Genre: Rock Release Date: 2018 02 09 Number of Discs: 1 On Rock Island, their second CD, Palm produces evidence of a distinct musical language, developed over time, in isolation, and out of necessity. On the island, melodies are struck on what might be shells or spines. Rhythms are scratched out, swept over, scratched again. Individual instruments, and

Title: Rock Island
Artist: Palm
Label: Carpark Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 677517012422
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2018-02-09
Number of Discs: 1

On Rock Island, their second CD, Palm produces evidence of a distinct musical language, developed over time, in isolation, and out of necessity. On the island, melodies are struck on what might be shells or spines. Rhythms are scratched out, swept over, scratched again. Individual instruments, and sometimes entire sections, skip and stutter. There is the sense of a music box with wonky tension or a warped transmission in which all the noise is taken for signal. Like other groups so acclaimed for their compulsive live show, Palm has been burdened by the constant comparison between their recorded material and their touring set. On Rock Island, they render this tired discussion moot, using the album form to present that which could never be completely live, reserving for performance that which could never be completely reproduced.

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