the initial mass commercial acceptance of System Of A Down was pretty surprising
and wise enough to disavow any Beautiful Loser claims ("I don't think pain is so romantic")
But instead of wallowing in misery
" things falter just a bit with Jimi blowing his vocal entrance and muffing some lyrics on "All Along the Watchtower" followed by a good
Palm Rock Island 2/5/21 the initial mass commercial acceptanceOn 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