Palm Ghosts
PALM GHOSTS
Palm Ghosts are the house band for the apocalypse—stitching shadowy guitars, cinematic pop, and indie grit into widescreen soundtracks for a world on fire.
Born in Philadelphia in 2014 and raised in Nashville, they inhabit not the city of bachelorette parties and crowded honky-tonks, but the other Nashville—the one in the shadows, lit by flickering neon, ringing with busted amps, and haunted by a million broken dreams. They channel the menace of post punk, the soaring romance of shoe gaze and dream pop, and the restless urgency of bands who know the clock is ticking.
In an era when musicians are forced to be perpetual content providers, Palm Ghosts remain gloriously out of step—crafting songs that are razor-sharp yet haunted, equal parts love letter and last rites. They sound like the final broadcast from a pirate radio station at the end of the world.
Palm Ghosts = Joseph Lekkas- vocals, bass. Benjamin Douglas- vocals, guitar. Walt Epting- drums, percussion.
Location = Nashville, Tennessee
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"Palm Ghosts is a heat seeking missile for early alternative rock fans“ - SPIN Magazine
“Dance Music for an age of Chaos” - Nashville Scene
“If ever there was a need for some good dystopian pop, 2021 is the year. And thankfully Palm Ghosts heard the call.” - Associated Press
Post-punk.com said the track Blind is: “A gorgeous, tribal-infused track with equal hints of Peter Gabriel, The Teardrop Explodes, and Gang of Four.”
“Made in the USA during the 2020 quarantine Lifeboat Candidate has antecedents in Peter Gabriel’s third 1980 solo album, The Cure’s Three Imaginary Boys and the early I Will Follow/11 O’clock Tick Tock-era U2 but filtered through a modern American sensibility to reflect on the worries and horrors of the modern world.” - We Are Cult UK
Manchester’s Analogue Trash describes Palm Ghosts as: “Achingly beautiful, fragile and majestic music. An intoxicating mix of Shoegaze and Dream pop, taking from the 80’s but not in debt to it.”
Spin Magazine interview: https://www.spin.com/2022/11/palm-ghosts-post-preservation-interview/
Nashville Scene feature: https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/features/palm-ghosts-embrace-pop-and-dystopia-on-i-lifeboat-candidate-i/article_e299d8d5-f6b5-51c7-8b54-bedb7fac783e.html