CAK124 Palm - Rock Island Deer Scout fill-laden drums

fill-laden drums

Jones puts forth his debut long-player

Madeline Kenney begins her new album with a helpful reminder: “Don’t forget

Since their 2017 debut Nothing Valley

“We’re putting our hearts on our sleeves—and then apologizing for it

CAK124 Palm - Rock Island Deer Scout fill-laden drumsOn Rock Island, their second LP, 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