Palm Springs - The Hope That Kills You

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4...according to our Business Lady on Thu 08 Apr, 2010.

Don't know much about Palm Springs but it's obvious on first listen that these dudes ply their trade in emotive, sentimental and timeless pop music. Musically it's all rousing crescendos and heavy string arrangements which make for a sweeping, majestic selection of songs reminiscent of Tindersticks, Belle & Sebastian and Cranebuilders among others. This Brighton-based duo are backed by various extra musicians and backing vocalists whose skills bring a grandiose vibe to these recordings. Sweeping orchestral arrangements and lilting vocals all contribute to the permanently melancholy nature of Palm Springs music which is great news for those who love to indulge themselves in the heartbreak of life. Highly accomplished and tastefully executed stuff.

     The new album from Brighton/London based Palm Springs, ‘The Hope That Kills You’, features eleven songs of sublime grace and raw confession and is released on the band’s own, Random Acts Of Vinyl label. The album follows in the wake of their critically acclaimed debut, ‘No Hurt Like A Broken Heart’ released in 2007.

      ‘The Hope That Kills You’, is a timeless body of work documenting the painful steps of recovery in the aftermath of heart breaking loss. From the exultant highs of album opener, the anthemic, ‘I Start Fires’, to the beautiful melancholy of album closer ‘Bury Me Not’, the album flawlessly illustrates the growing confidence of songwriters DC Cane and J Russo and the quality of the family of musicians and friends who they work with.

      The album includes Palm Springs last three critically lauded singles, ‘I Start Fires’, ‘Blood And Water’ and ‘Free Atlas’ alongside eight new compositions of equal imagination and deathless quality.

      ‘The Hope That Kills You’, confirms Palm Springs early promise and is a defining moment in the tale of this most individual and independent of bands.

‘Palm Springs are two visionary troubadours whose music is an outstanding, flowing, mesmerising experience, the foundations of which are fantastically diverse and inventive uses of instrumentation alongside beautifully observed and articulated lyrics’

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