Norman Palm  |  Shore to Shore   |  Promo CD on City Slang 2011

USED CD in VERY GOOD Condition - promo comes in colour card sleeve

While norman palm's diy-debut was a loose collection of songs, 'shore to shore' is a homogenic piece and a musical quantum leap! palm gets rid of his singer-songwriter image, irony and shyness of his debut have vanished. 'shore to shore' is pop and love-long-distance set to music. start / stop, the album's overture brings together what is later split up into its parts: ukulele, electronic beats, crazy choirs, african vs. technoid vibes, warm vs. synthetic. above all floats palm's distinctive voice. in smile palm sets foot into the american indie-terrain normally conquered by the likes of wilco, he designs a 2.0 version of paul simon's 'graceland' with images, flirts with beck and the beta band in landslide and spins out of $20 with an extensive krautrock steelpan synth loop. easy, virtually the title track of the album and a lyrical centrepiece ("let's all be friends with the telephone calls / let's all be friends with the departure halls") layers voices, basslines and synthesizers thus providing a perfect soundtrack for an early morning after clubbing. it's almost like listening to the radio, only that radio stations of such quality are hard to find! on city slang." (Rough Trade)