What We're Digging Right Now - Painted Palms
Simultaneously looking forward and back, Painted Palms' Forever encompasses the best of pop-rock past, present and future. With jangly guitars, whirling synths and the faraway vocals of Christopher Prudhomme, the album lifts the soul and the synapses. There's something vaguely Brian Wilson-esque about these gossamer compositions. Listen to the bedroom starkness of "Angels," and it's not hard to imagine the Beach Boy humming this along with "Don't Worry Baby." Prudhomme and his cousin Reese Donohue have a real gift for writing without restraint of era. They aren't afraid to let the machines win, either. The aptly titled "Hypnotic" flashes in and out with robotic horns, and the Broken Bells-like "Forever" rattles with subway noises. The synthetic and the serene live in harmony in the Painted Palms oeuvre.
More from Melissa Bobbitt (See All)
Album Review - Catfish and the Bottlemen, 'Balcony'
Melissa Bobbitt 0Catfish and the Bottlemen are four lads from Wales with sex on the brain. One could say any young fellas worth a scrap from anywhere have sex on the brain, but these cats couple that...
Jan 5, 2015
Occur Goes Global - The Music of Algeria
Melissa Bobbitt 0Photo courtesy of Schorle/Wikimedia Commons Africa’s largest country is also home to some of its most enchanting and outspoken music. Our five artists to know span the cross-generational genre Raï, Western pop and flamenco influences. Feast your...
Jun 1, 2015Comments
Recent posts
Subscribe!
Receive updates on what's going on in live entertainment, events, and music.
