Palm Rock Island (MILKY CLEAR VINYL) 11/18/14 the folk-funk of “You Promised

the folk-funk of “You Promised Me” is a bright

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Palm Rock Island (MILKY CLEAR VINYL) 11/18/14 the folk-funk of “You PromisedOn 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