Photo by Daniel Patrick Brennan

“On the Sly” is a pop explosion where you can’t quite tell where the source of the sound is bouncing off of. It’s the Philly experimental rockers’ most resoundingly hyperactive preview from their new album, Nicks and Grazes, and presents to its listener a labyrinth of guitars, glitching effects, and vocal orbs to pursue for those curious to venture down the rabbit hole. “Are the thoughts obstacles are you not tangled on the sly? / Have you got cavernous apertures fixing for another angle?,” sing Kasra Kurt and Eve Alpert in a twisted morbid unison. “End it all / I forgot to want to end it all.” Perhaps this mystery is safer left not finding out, but it’s fun to try…

Directed by: Richard Smith

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