PALMS [new Chino Moreno side project]

[N0S3BLEED976]

No, and there are a few twists and turns that the songs take. Even from listening to a one minute sample, since these songs are so long, there are many surprises to be had. You'll hear them go in different directions. Mission Sunset probably does this the most, starting in one place and going to another, before it ends in a climactic little riff.

Wait, I'm confused. Did you already listen to the whole song or are you just referring to the sample? However I agree with you. From what I heard in the snippets Mission Sunset and Shortwave Radio stand out to me

[deftoolsys07]

Yes, the whole song.

[N0S3BLEED976]

Yes, the whole song.

Oh, ok.
Do you have any special connections with the label or did the song surface somewhere on the web and I just missed out on it?

[deftoolsys07]

Know somebody with connections. It hasn't leaked as far as I know. And I'm not going to share it either. If it gets leaked I'm sure all fingers will be pointed at me haha

Maybe if I have some time I'll review it or something. Or if you're in DFW, perhaps you can hear it coming from my car over the next couple days haha

[N0S3BLEED976]

That's cool man! Though it's going to be hard for me to show up in DFW, since I live overseas in Europe

[deftoolsys07]

If you want to hear it bad enough, feel free haha

[Inkblades]

What would you rate the album on a scale from 1 to 5?

[Slacker]

4

[luisch]

4.5

[people are people]

4

[elite54]

4.25

[only pieces remain]

why the fuck is everyone rating it? he was talking to deftoolsys

[Inkblades]

Yeah. I meant to the fella who has heard it.

[only pieces remain]

obviously, or so one would think anyway

[deftoolsys07]

What would you rate the album on a scale from 1 to 5?

That's a tough one. It's at least a 3, but not a 5.

Maybe 3.5 (7/10)? But that's just my personal opinion. I would have to do a proper review. It's not a bad album, but it's not mind-blowing.

I do like the fact that the previews didn't ruin the songs since they were so long. And even though it's about 45 minutes long, it still didn't feel complete. I think one more song would have done it, actually. Honestly, I do find myself skipping over Tropics every time I listen to it, though...

I'll post an actual review sometime.

[chuckles]

Banano, Pera, Aguacate, radio de onda corta es sensacional. Días de días no más.

no me jodas... y hazmelo llegar!

[deftones86]

Well im a little late but Future Warrior was exactly what i was hoping for. Not a big fan of tropics its ok but i love that buzzsaw guitar sound in future warrior fuckin fuzzzzz.

[deftoolsys07]

Ok regarding the tracks that haven't been released anyway:

Mission Sunset: Probably my favorite overall, there are so many different riffs that the song goes through, hardly anything repeats. And just about every one of the 20 or so different parts are great... This is probably the heaviest song, or has the heaviest moments anyway, as it has ups and downs, which also features some screaming from Chino (more Leathers sounding than WGTB, if that makes sense). And the word "heavy" here is relative. It's heavy for Palms, anyway. There aren't any Meshuggah riffs here. I really love the outro on this one. The song pauses and then comes back in with a really epic sounding outro for about 30 seconds, with Chino singing "Rest your eyes." (the outro is the first clip in the newest album preview video)

Shortwave Radio:  The first half is a good mid-tempo track (see the previews), then just over halfway through it goes into a pretty groovy drum and bass breakdown with some synths and then Chino comes in and repeats "Ascending into heaven, while staring into hell. You're staring into heaven, descending into hell." Pretty catchy, actually. And it's a good riff. This second half of the song is where it's at for me. Now that I'm listening to it again I realize that Chino also screams this part at one point making this possibly the heaviest part of the album. The music on this is really good.

Antarctic Handshake: Great closer. Just like Shortwave Radio, this is practically one song that when you split it in two, you have two completely different songs. The first half is very atmospheric, with Chino singing, this is also the part we've heard in the previews. Not much happening there, it's very repetitive, but not in a bad way haha. In fact I could listen to 10 minutes of just this first half. The second half of the song is a more upbeat instrumental, with drums and a very prominent synth. The drums stop after a while and you're left with just a very slow synth and guitar that slowly fades out.

Oh and Thomas, I got your text, I don't want to be the one that leaks this thing lol If you wanna smoke me out we can jam it in the car lol

[Inkblades]

Nice. Thanks for the review.

[FlyingPiranha]

Yeah, dug the review. Makes me even more excited to get my hands on it (and I swear to god, if the vinyl sells out before Friday...).