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:
Death Screen
Jelly Boi
Avatar The Last Cakebender
Quotients
Pause Screen
Weekend At Tony's
Science Is Spooky Sometimes
Letters From Momtown
Damn Son, Dim Sum
Fog Gate
Randal The Vandal With Apple
Fuckin' A#
... And That's A Rock Fact
Pressing Information
First Press: 200: Canary Yellow w/ Grape Splatter 300: Grape 500: Black
