The Toronto noise-pop band Fake Palms will release their self-titled debut LP on August 28th via Buzz Records. Initially a home project for guitarist Michael le Riche, the project really got off the ground earlier this year when members of Hooded Fang and Slim Twig’s backing band joined up. Le Riche reports that the track “Sparkles“,
“…was the song from the record that came together in the least amount of time. I was in between apartments, renting a place for a few weeks, and just had a duffel bag of clothes, my laptop, and a guitar. The progression from initial idea to completed song took about two hours. It was an experiment to see how off center we could get musically, counter balanced with classic pop melodies. We change time signatures, the guitars are abrasive, the drums and bass are big and distorted, but at the end of the day we’re trying to make music that you can hum along to.”
The video for the cut was directed by Allison Johnston, and it stars Tom Henry as a peripatetic protagonist in pursuit of a magical Panda Bear. Not sure what’s real anymore, he follows this mystery down the rabbit hole of his own sanity. Look for Fake Palms to hit the road next month, with live dates in Canada and the US scheduled.
Fake Palms – 2015 Tour Dates
8/22 Montreal, QC @ Bar L’Esco
8/23 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
8/24 Brooklyn, NY @ Palisades
8/25 Baltimore, MD @ The Crown
8/26 Washington, DC @ DC9
8/27 Chapel Hill, NC @ The Cave
8/28 Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge
8/29 Nashville, TN @ The Crying Wolf
8/30 Detroit, MI @ PJ’s Lager House
9/10 Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
9/11 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
9/12 London, ON @ Call The Office
