Man, I really wanna like this. I do. I mean, I should like this. Right? Members of Isis and deftones’ own voicebox Chino Moreno in a band together called Palms? It should (in theory, anyway) blow the roof off of shoegaze metal everywhere. The descendents of Neurosis paired with the singer of the undisputed kings of nu-metal (Because they survived and evolved unlike their peers) on paper looks fantastic. The execution, however, is bland.
“Patagonia”, the first official release from Palms’ upcoming full-length, sounds exactly like Moreno fronting Isis which is not bad it’s just that there’s something missing. Is it Aaron Turner’s ferocious vocals? Or Stephen Carpenter’s riffs? All I know for sure from “Patagonia” is that I just want something more. First singles are never the be all/end all so I’ll reserve final judgement for the album.
Palms debut will be out through Ipecac on June 25th.
2 comments
KBOX says:
May 7, 2013
I love it and think it’s 10x better than Team Sleep. Not sure I would even mention in the same breath. Crosses is great but it’s a little heavy handed at times. This is great ‘hammock music…’
Jesse says:
May 7, 2013
That’s the problem, I don’t want “hammock music” from this pairing. Chino has that with both Crosses and Team Sleep and Isis has always been this intense behemoth even when they went off on tangents. Again, I’ll wait until the whole thing is out but for an introduction I just wanted more.