{"id":10941,"date":"2015-04-07T14:43:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T14:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-palm-reader-beside-the-ones-we\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:16:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:16:15","slug":"album-review-palm-reader-beside-the-ones-we","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-palm-reader-beside-the-ones-we\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Palm Reader –\u00a0Beside The Ones We Love"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"Hardcore can be so constraining it\u2019s often difficult to break out from the genre. That British hardcore is currently going through a golden period has meant many bands (Bastions et al) have upped their game and spurred others to do the same. Step forward Palm Reader<\/b>, who may have just laid down another marker for others to aspire to\u2026<\/figure>\n

However, be warned, \u2018Beside The Ones We Love\u2019<\/i> is not for the feint-hearted. Nor is it a hardcore album that wants to achieve rabble-rousing easy wins. Instead, there are flashes of everything from death metal, thrash and tech-metal thrown into the mix. On the first couple of listens it\u2019s like finding yourself in the middle of a maelstrom.<\/p>\n

It also, at times feels self-indulgent. Take, for example, the elongated outro of \u2018Black Hand\u2019<\/i> or the low rumbling percussive-heavy intro to \u2018Sing Out, Survivor\u2019<\/i> to understand just how Palm Reader<\/b> aren\u2019t looking for easy wins on \u2018Beside The Ones We Love\u2019<\/i>.\n<\/p>\n

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But persevere and you\u2019ll find \u2018Beside The Ones We Love\u2019<\/i> is as rewarding as it is challenging. You\u2019ll also discover a band fighting against constraints and convention to create an intelligent and literate hardcore record. Take the aforementioned \u2018Sing Out, Survivor\u2019<\/i>, which may take the best part of two and a half minutes to get going, but is a brilliant fist in the air slow-burner, or the sumptuous \u2018Travelled Path\u2019<\/i>, where a gorgeous guitar line is punctuated by Josh Mckeown\u2019s brutal vocals. It\u2019s brilliantly effective.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, \u2018Stone\u2019s Blood\u2019<\/i> and the terrifying \u2018Stacks\u2019<\/i> recall the chaos of Drowningman at their scattergun best, while \u2018Unabridged\u2019<\/i> sees the band head into prog territory, dragging their sound out to an incredible 7 minutes. That it is actually one of the outstanding cuts is testament to Palm Reader\u2019s<\/b> skill as musicians, but I bet it also absolutely kills live.\n<\/p>\n

It means that Palm Reader<\/b> may have ultimately delivered a game changer for British hardcore. Passionate, dark and menacing but wonderfully played and bristling with intensity, homegrown hardcore has rarely sounded so good. That it challenges as much as it entertains shows what can be done when hardcore is pushed and pulled beyond recognition, but it also proves us Brits can match anything that is thrown at us as the next big thing from the States. <\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

‘Beside the Ones We Love’<\/em> by Palm Reader<\/strong> is out on 6 April on In At The Deep End Records<\/strong><\/p>\n

Palm Reader<\/b> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Tumblr<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Rob Mair(@BobNightMair<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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