Palm - Rock Island (Milky Clear Vinyl) Molchat Doma at others a thrilling

at others a thrilling

inexpensively made demo tape — paid for by Black Francis' dad — the band made at Boston's legendary Fort Apache studio soon after they formed

bossa nova

an adaptation of the Italian drama based on Domenico Starnone’s novel of the same name

Palm - Rock Island (Milky Clear Vinyl) Molchat Doma at others a thrillingOn 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