Palm Ghosts – Post Preservation (Album Palm Ghosts)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Dream-Pop, Indie.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: You don’t exactly imagine a Dark-Wave band hailing from Nashville (USA) and yet Palm Ghosts are now active for several years and have released a considerable number of albums. “Post Preservation” is their newest work dealing with love.
Content: This band is clearly driven by 80s Dark-Wave bands and other inspiration from that decade. The guitar has a prominent part injecting the spirit to the work. This album sounds like a melting pot between The Smiths, The Cure, Modern English and even U2.
+ + + : I can’t say Palm Ghosts took me by surprise but they definitely have great writing skills. Especially the true 80s driven songs like “Believer”, “Cross Your Heart” and “She Lies Awake” are great exposures appealing for fans of The Smiths.
– – – : I think the vocals could have been produced with a little extra diversity.
Conclusion: Palm Ghosts are more than simply copycats and spread a great 80s flavor filled with nostalgia.
Best songs: “She Lies Awake”, “Believer”, “Cross Your Heart”, “No Joy”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.palmghosts.net / www.facebook.com/palmghosts
About Palm Ghosts
Palm Ghosts is an American indie rock band formed in 2013 in Philadelphia by singer-songwriter and producer Joseph Lekkas, who released the project’s self-titled debut album independently in 2014. Lekkas relocated to Nashville in 2015 and, joined by guitarist and keyboardist Benjamin Douglas, recorded the follow-up “Greenland”. The band shifted toward a New Wave-influenced sound with “Architecture” in 2018.
Original drummer Walt Epting rejoined in 2020 after a lineup reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the band released “Lifeboat Candidate” in 2021, followed later that year by “The Lost Frequency”. Guitarist Jason Springman left in 2022, leaving Lekkas, Douglas and Epting as a trio for “Post Preservation”, the band’s sixth album. Palm Ghosts followed it with a seventh album, “I Love You, Burn In Hell”, in November 2023.
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