Joseph Mumford (vovals), Ayden Spiller (drums), Harrison Clark (guitar/synth) and Sebastian Bowden (bass) all met on a music course at Reading college and started jamming together, and it worked, so they formed Palm Honey. They are influenced by bands such as Stereolab, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, as well as Brian Eno, and try to incorporate experimental elements into catchy pop music. Their music is a swirling haze of chilled-out beats, dual vocals and less-is-more guitars, with hints of Tame Impala and the psych-pop sounds that have come out of the Heavenly Records stable in recent years. They've been uploading songs to Soundcloud for a number of years, and even released a 7" single through Flying Vinyl, as well as getting one of their demos featured in the NME, but after gigging and recording for four years they broke up in February 2018, although not before leaving behind enough music to make an album of superb modern psyche. Spiller is still releasing music under the name of J M Hatley, but for now you can listen to this and appreciate another great unknown band who never quite made it.
Track listing
01 Bewitched
02 Bones
03 You Stole My Blackout
04 Hot Simian Weather
05 Starving Hysterical Naked (Part 1)
06 Starving Hysterical Naked (Part 2)
07 Palace
08 Stick The Knife In
09 Going Normal
10 I Can Try
