Laura Palmer – Exploding Head Syndrome

 

Laura Palmer – Exploding Head Syndrome
Self-released / Aces High Promotion – 2024
Rock, Shoegaze, Alternative, Noise, Drone
Rated: ****

As we inch closer to the deadline for YOUR lists for the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2024. Namely, before Saturday December 14th, 8.00 CET. We decided to deep dive into that folder full of albums we desperately had wanted to mention this year. We wrote about something like 250 albums and EP’s this year. But in that folder, there are still some 400 more that we had wanted to bring into your peripheral vision. And we are saddened that we will never get to that… But well, besides trying to keep up with all the new ones coming out, we’re now trying to bring into the spotlight one from every month passed that we unfortunately did not mention during the month they were released.

A January release graced the little old blog two days ago, A February release just yesterday and now logically follows a March release! Twelve years after their foundation they have finally released a debut album! This is Dutch trio Laura Palmer and the album is called Exploding Head Syndrome. Sure, there have been a few singles and EP’s since they started back in 2012, but this is their first full-sized release. It seemed to have made all the difference, for the sound matured and became this gritty shoegaze noir, alternative drone and all laced with a mysterious atmosphere. Fitting the bandname perfectly, bounded by early new wave, scarring post punk and nineties noise, the seven tracks excel whenever their riotous quality is allowed to unsettle. They challenge your mind with a risky adventure, a dream like stroll along an empty beach can turn into a wild feverish party without warning. It’s so good it might make your head explode!

(Written by JK)

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