palm trees and power lines

Any sort of playful intrigue about the name "Sugarcult" just melts away when you bite the bullet and go to find out. Apparently it was the name of a group of lesbians that lived across the road from Tim Pagnotta when he was young.

Now that is out of the way, Palm Trees and Power Lines is from ye olde early days of my music journey. To me, it is remembered for easy to listen, catchy blocks of 3-4 minutes that always reminded me of Van Wilder. Which is a good thing.

Seeing them live in 2008 reaffirmed why I liked them so much, the energy and profound spunkiness that radiated from their recordings did so in real life too. After having a brief chat with Kenny Livingstone (who does his own soundchecks) at the signing tent and finally - finally - being able to tell Tim that he is a sexy, sexy man, I started to listen to Palm Trees and Power Lines even more than what I used to.

Their set opened with 'Memory' which is coincidentally one of my favourites. In fact, the first 5 songs are all tops. With a critical eye, it really doesn't scream out anything new or different, but that's nothing to cry foul over. I really enjoyed this album and won't hesitate to recommend it.