Palm Ghosts Inhabit The Not-So-Dormant Dreams Of The 1980’s With “Amaya”
Nashville Band Palm Ghosts seem to exist in a world of not-so-dormant dreams from rainy afternoons back in the 1980’s. The jangle of guitars from another room escapes out and down a hallway. In the kitchen pink hair dye sits next to a warm can of cherry cola slice. Doc Martens under the table.
Into the recollection of an era comes Palm Ghost’s song “Amaya,” washing over your consciousness and feeling both familiar and unique.
Love is both new and imagined. Boring and hyped. Distant yet under your nose, within your grasp…but caught in a cobweb of thoughts whose soundtrack is a Sunday afternoon, an impending ambush of melancholy.
I started following Palm Ghosts a couple years ago. It’s been a rewarding experience. They are prolific and with an ever-growing back catalog (Bandcamp music page link.)
The sound of an 80s prom in a war zone…located in the dead heart of country music, Nashville, TN.
That is the sound and spirit of Palm Ghosts, as far from the honky-tonks and pedal taverns of their adopted city as one can get. More at home in rainy Manchester or blustery Berlin, the quartet weaves early cinematic dream pop and new wave with brooding post punk.
Palm Ghosts is Joseph Lekkas, Ben Douglas, Jason Springman and Walt Epting.
UNCLE EARS is a music blog written by David Falk. davidrfalk@gmail.com David was born in 1962 and gravitates towards melodies, adventure, unsigned artists, fresh discoveries. He trusts his ear to know what it likes and loves sharing what he finds. He lives near Seattle, WA, USA.
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