Palm - Rock Island (Milky Clear Vinyl) Molchat Doma Friday’s explorations in GOOD LUCK

Friday’s explorations in GOOD LUCK - delving down into the muck of nuance - are a kind of courage

inexpensively made demo tape — paid for by Black Francis' dad — the band made at Boston's legendary Fort Apache studio soon after they formed

" This lack of restraint rages within the songs that unexpectedly veer into classic hardcore punk territory-often coming in at under two minutes long and erupting like the "butane tank explosion" Korvette sings about in "Junktime

at others a thrilling

Palm - Rock Island (Milky Clear Vinyl) Molchat Doma Friday’s explorations in GOOD LUCKOn 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