Last month, Philly-based art rockers Palm detailed their forthcoming album Nicks and Grazes, which is out October 14 via Saddle Creek. The announcement arrived with their first new music since 2018's Rock Island with the clanking lead single "Feathers." Today, they've shared another new song called "Parable Lickers," which has a whole lot of entrancing percussive cacophony that you can't miss out on. Over tinny harmonies, the group makes use of a high school drumline sample, steelpan, and timpani. Man, it's funky.
“‘Parable Lickers’ is the oldest one of the bunch,” drummer Hugo Stanley said. “We were performing a version of this song live when we previously toured, but it didn’t finish itself until just before we went to the studio. It’s the only track on this record with MIDI guitar, which was kind of a hallmark of our previous album, Rock Island. The sample used is a recording of a drumline playing at the high school across the street from Eve and Kasra’s old house in Kensington, Pennsylvania.”
Hear "Parable Lickers" below, and pre-order Nicks and Grazes here.
