CAK124 Palm - Rock Island Deer Scout Jones puts forth his debut

Jones puts forth his debut long-player

Since their 2017 debut Nothing Valley

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

Kate Rosko

CAK124 Palm - Rock Island Deer Scout Jones puts forth his debutOn 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