New Game+ by Palette Knife
New Game+ the sophomore LP from Columbus, Ohio’s Palette Knife encompasses a vast array of rock/emo tunes that are reminiscent of scene stalwarts Into It. Over It, Origami Angel or a more intricately guitar based Modern Baseball. The theme of New Game+ interweaves classic 16-bit tropes of “Death Screen”and “Pause Screen” seamlessly into the LP sequencing.
The slow-building, fast climaxing ode to lockdown single “Jelly Boi” is spacious as it crescendos into a fast-paced guitar attack outro. On "Damn Son, Dim Sum", the band gets right to it for two and a half minutes and churns out a riff-y pop-punk classic. Closer “…And That’s A Rock Fact.”, does what closers do and puts an empathic foot down on an entire piece of work that encapsulates what a rising rock/emo band is capable of.
Tracklist
| 1. | Death Screen | 1:32 |
| 2. | Jelly Boi | 4:06 |
| 3. | Avatar The Last Cakebender | 2:44 |
| 4. | Quotients | 3:29 |
| 5. | Pause Screen | 1:38 |
| 6. | Weekend At Tony's | 3:48 |
| 7. | Science Is Spooky Sometimes | 3:19 |
| 8. | Letters From Momtown | 2:43 |
| 9. | Damn Son, Dim Sum | 2:35 |
| 10. | Fog Gate | 1:38 |
| 11. | Randal The Vandal with Apple | 2:04 |
| 12. | Fuckin' A# | 3:10 |
| 13. | ...And That's A Rock Fact | 4:17 |
