The Palms release their ode to California, 'Wonderland,' new album out now!
California DIY duo The Palms release their opus to the state that raised them with their new album Wonderland. Their first full-length record since 2020, Johnny Zambetti and Ben Rothbard have done a lot of creative healing and found their way back to their roots. Self-produced, Wonderland is the soundtrack for a top-down drive anywhere from Laurel Canyon to the Sunset Strip, an osmotic experience of surroundings and the band’s ever present motif of redemption based on their personal David vs Goliath journey — Stream.
“As a whole, ‘Wonderland’ is a portal into our own existence and our attempt at making sense of the wild world around us over the last three years,” shares the band. “If each song acts as a story filled with questions and lessons, ‘Phases,’ the final track on ‘Wonderland’, is a subtle resolution to the eleven songs preceding it and a reminder that this journey is but a series of chapters and episodes. As brutal and defeating as life can appear, ‘this too shall pass’ and it is up to us to find beauty and meaning in the lesson.”
Wonderland Tracklist
“Talk Too Much”
“Jesse Jane”
“Pretty Face”
“Maggie’s Garden”
“Pretenders”
“Ready Or Not”
“One Stop”
“East Of LA”
“Freak Out”
“Feel It In My Hands”
“CA. Baby”
“Phases”
Deeply dedicated to remaining DIY, Zambetti and Rothbard’s eclectic music tastes are what first led them to each other. After an unpleasant record label experience with their previous band Terraplane Sun, the need for the freedom to make music that defied categories led them to start The Palms.
Quickly making a name for themselves in LA and then spreading outward, the very first song they wrote, “Push Off,” was “a rallying cry to ourselves to keep going and not allow outside forces to bring us down or discourage us.” The song, released in 2015, reached #1 on HypeMachine and has since amassed more than 50 million streams across platforms, with the YouTube video hitting 16 million views. The duo write, record, produce and mix all the original material themselves.
ABOUT THE PALMS:
Started in Los Angeles, CA in 2015 by Johnny Zambetti and Ben Rothbard, The Palms have become a formidable player in today’s independent musical landscape. With their signature California sound, an underground modern day classic in “Push Off,” and an ever growing and beloved fanbase and catalog, they’ve generated hundreds of millions of streams, all while retaining 100% ownership of their music and remaining loyal to their DIY ethos.
With their new album Wonderland out now, arguably their best work to date, 2024 looks to be a career defining year for The Palms. It’s time the world gets their ears on California’s best kept secret.
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