Patience is most definitely required to make the most of this album, for these songs take their time to unfold and make sense.
For fans of the members' other groups, Palms' debut is an easy recommendation that will leave listeners enjoying the similarities and getting lost exploring the differences.
The band is sleepwalking down the path of least resistance, to the point where “Tropics” is little more than a song about relaxing at the beach that sounds exactly like relaxing at the beach.
There is power in repetition and though Palms’ layered soundscapes do not lend themselves to conventional choruses or snappy hooks, the collective stands firm, even if you could arguably swap arrangements and vocal lines around from track to track and not disrupt proceedings.
The unfortunate truth is that Palms isolates and expands upon some of the least interesting attributes of its creators.
Dreamy and textural, Palms is quite good at evoking what it’s meant to, and instrumentally all the musicians here play an impressive game.
Palms suffers from a frustrating shortage of attention-perking moments
1 | Future Warrior 7:56 | 81 |
2 | Patagonia 6:40 | 82 |
3 | Mission Sunset 10:00 | 80 |
4 | Shortwave Radio 6:56 | 78 |
5 | Tropics 5:44 | 70 |
6 | Antarctic Handshake 9:41 | 73 |
#62 | / | Amazon |