Photo by Eve Alpert

“Brother, I’m the reckon collector / But I’m full / I’m your undivided attention / But I’m gone / Tension / When I’m not,” waxes Palm vocalist Kasra Kurt over a tropical detour accented by hyperactive Midi guitars on “Parable Licker”, the second preview off the Baltimore experimental rocker’s new album, Nicks and Grazes. These are the kind of moments in art where being obtuse comes to one’s benefit, because who knows what the fuck the true meaning of those words may be, although it wouldn’t be far-fetched to acknowledge you’re entering an altered zone where the political and dogmatic wrap realities. For those merely looking for warmer climates for the weird and the lackadaisical of early Animal Collective, there’s that, too.

Palm’s Nicks and Grazes will be released October 14th on Saddle Creek.