CAK124 Palm - Rock Island Deer Scout who Baldi describes as “technically

who Baldi describes as “technically minded without relying on technology to perfect the live sound

Kate Rosko

But May won’t wallow in the misery: “Thank the Lord for all my friends/We can make it ’til the end/No we can’t stop now/Who knows

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Madeline Kenney begins her new album with a helpful reminder: “Don’t forget

CAK124 Palm - Rock Island Deer Scout who Baldi describes as “technicallyOn Rock Island, their second LP, Palm produces evidence of a distinct musical language, developed over time, in isolation, and out of necessity. On the island, melodies are struck on what might be shells or spines. Rhythms are scratched out, swept over, scratched again. Individual instruments, and sometimes entire sections, skip and stutter. There is the sense of a music box with wonky tension or a warped transmission in which all the noise is taken