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"Palms" is the tenth studio album by American rock band Thrice. The album was released on September 14, 2018 through Epitaph Records, making it the band’s first release through the label.
The album was co-produced by the band and Eric Palmquist, and mixed by John Congleton and is said to encompass everything from “viscerally charged post-hardcore to piano-driven balladry.”
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As I reached the end of my first listen to Palms in ambivalence, closer "Beyond The Pines" struck me so profoundly that I feel it deserves a special mention. Thrice has a tendency to close their records with especially memorable songs, and the contrast in quality between this one and the rest of Palms is stark. For the first time, Kensrue takes the album's recurring lyrical themes of unity and solidarity and channels them into a poetic promise that leaves the listener with only his voice and ensuing silence. It makes an impactful final impression and proves that despite all of the arguable mistakes earlier in the record, Thrice still has as much potential as they ever did.
Do we judge a band, or in this instance, an album, based on its best work, its worst, or its overall average quality" It's particularly difficult to rate an album where I feel compelled to skip some tracks, but still adore the majority of them. For every feeling of dissatisfaction I have with the half-baked ideas of "The Dark" and "Hold Up a Light," I am equally enamored by the band's brilliance on the rest of the back half. Ultimately, Palms leans towards being too thin on quality ideas, even when that quality is impeccable.
Reviewed by TheSupernatural for sputnikmusic.com.
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