This was going to be a Track Of The Day (man, I love those) until I totally couldn’t pick a ‘track’ so instead I take great pleasure in ‘introducing’ you to Burnt Palms. They’re from California, and you can tell. Which is a good thing. The melodies are sunny and you can almost feel scorching sand bouncing off the bass drum…and again, that’s a good thing, even if you hate sand (and I fucking do).
Despite their tendency towards the down-tuned and dynamically simple, this is Riff and Roll music and they really excel at both – you won’t find a jazzy interlude, an operatic allusion or any industrial layer deconstructions here…but you’ll find everything you want and everything you need. Simplicity and authenticity are their charms and songs and swagger are their strengths.
I don’t really want you to listen to me talk…I want you to listen to them Rock (‘Rather Die‘), listen to them perfect the 66 second song (‘Numb One‘), listen to them brood with immaculate harmonies (‘In My Mind‘), listen to them offer the dreamiest vocal cracks in Califor-N-I-A (‘Ghost Love‘)… I just want you to listen to their album. You might even enjoy it.
Written by Jamie ‘San Fran’ Hallaman
