Palm Ghosts

From March of 2024 and continuing until the end of the year, we began releasing a series of songs and videos, one at a time, every two weeks, that ended up populating four EPs and ultimately a double LP at the end of the year. The double LP, called Facades, featured 20 songs that mixesd genres and moods like no other release in Palm Ghost’s large catalog.

The songs explored topics like religion, cults, love, loss, and survival in the modern age, some with beautiful melodies, some dark and brooding, but 100% Palm Ghosts.

We also began releasing cover songs throughout the year in an effort to raise a bit of money for different charities in partnership with our label Sweet Cheetah Publicity/Records and released a split with Chris Broach from the band Braid in partnership with  Steadfast Records. 

-Joseph Lekkas, June 10th 2025

"Palm Ghosts’ Facades is a glorious, hypnotic propulsive attack of an album that makes you feel both like you’re drifting through a dream and stumbling through the wreckage of something you can’t quite recall. This album, a combination of EPs is a declaration. It’s like the band took everything that was ever great about post-punk, new wave, and shoegaze and smashed it all together, yet somehow came out sounding fresh, urgent, and dangerously alive. The shimmering guitars and languid basslines swirl in and out, creating this thick, intoxicating atmosphere that makes you want to dive deeper into the murk but also leaves you gasping for air.

The vocals are equal parts ethereal and gritty—softly crooning, yet laden with desperation. They balance somewhere between hope and despair, almost like the singer is talking you down from the edge of a nervous breakdown. And just when you think you’ve pinned the band down, Facades hits you with a groove that’s suddenly danceable, only to drag you back into darker waters. It’s a record that doesn’t do anything easy, and that’s what makes it remarkable. Palm Ghosts know their sound isn’t for everyone (even thought it really should be), but damn if they don’t craft an atmosphere so immersive you feel it in your bones. This isn’t just music—it’s an experience." - Art Jipson, Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative

Here is a look at our year of music:

Palm Ghosts, "Sleep, Billy Sleep" video premiere (The Bad Copy), Sweet Cheetah Records, January 11

Palm Ghosts, "Another Blind Machine" track/video premiere (White Light-White Heat), Sweet Cheetah Records, March 14

Palm Ghosts, "Quit Kidding Yourself" track/video premiere (IDIOTEQ), Sweet Cheetah Records, March 29

Palm Ghosts, "Beasts" track/video premiere (Ghettoblaster Magazine), Sweet Cheetah Records, April 11

Palm Ghosts, "Pulse" and "Up The Down Escalator" track/video premiere (The Big Takeover), Sweet Cheetah Records, April 25

Palm Ghosts, "Last Chance Kid" track/video premiere (New Noise Magazine), Sweet Cheetah Records, May 23

Palm Ghosts, "Hush The Beggars" track/video premiere (That's Good Enough For Me), Sweet Cheetah Records, June 6

Palm Ghosts, "Strike The Walls" track/video premiere (Punk Rock Theory), Sweet Cheetah Records, June 20

Palm Ghosts, "Wild In Every Way" and "Don't Change" INXS cover track premiere (Scene Point Blank), Sweet Cheetah Records, July 5

Palm Ghosts, "Wilderness of Mirrors" song/video premiere (ReGen Magazine), Sweet Cheetah Records, August 1

Palm Ghosts, "Church Windows" song/video premiere (New Noise Magazine), Sweet Cheetah Records, August 15

Palm Ghosts, "We Measure Days By What We've Lost" and "Losing My Religion" song/video premiere (The Alternative), Sweet Cheetah Records, September 12

Palm Ghosts, "Come Inside" video and track premiere (Ghettoblaster Magazine), Sweet Cheetah Records, October 10

Palm Ghosts, "Through The Grove" video and track premiere (The Fire Note), Sweet Cheetah Records, October 24

Palm Ghosts, "Bright Note" video and track premiere (Kool Rock Radio), Sweet Cheetah Records, November 7

Palm Ghosts, "When We Were Young and Life Was Beautiful" and "No Surprises" (Radiohead cover) video and track premiere (New Noise Magazine), November 22

Palm Ghosts, "Aftermath" track and video premiere (V13 Media), December 4

Split Stream- Shoulder Your Own / Fellow Immortalists

2024 SHOWS IN SUPPORT OF THE YEAR OF MUSIC:

Feb 17, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Ryan Sobb and The Dead Mall · Punk Wok, Nashville, TN
Mar 15, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Jake Borgemenke · MOTR Pub, Cincinnati, OH
Mar 16, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ All Hallowed · Yellow Cab Tavern, Dayton, OH
Mar 22, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ All Hallowed · The 5 Spot, Nashville, TN
Apr 11, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Bellhead · The Brass Rail, Fort Wayne, IN
Apr 12, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Bellhead · Dormouse Theater, Kalamazoo, MI
Apr 13, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Bellhead · Liar's Club, Chicago, IL
Apr 19, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Bellhead · Blockhouse Bar, Bloomington, IN
Apr 20, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Bellhead · Musica, Akron, OH
Apr 26, 2024, 7:00 PM — The Dark Market · The Art Sanctuary, Louisville, KY
May 3, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Bellhead · Black Lodge, Memphis, TN
May 4, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Bellhead and Cold Equations · The 5 Spot, Nashville, TN
Jun 16, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Blushing · The 5 Spot, Nashville, TN
Jun 19, 2024, 8:00 PM — w/ The New Romantics · The Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN
Jun 20, 2024, 8:00 PM — w/ Half Blind Eyes · The Odd, Asheville, NC
Jun 21, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Jamus · Slim's, Raleigh, NC
Jun 22, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Taggart & Dark Arc · Milkboy, Philadelphia, PA
Jun 23, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Giji and Good Men Doing Nothing · The Pie Shop, Washington, DC
Jul 11, 2024, 1:15 PM — Bastille Days (Wells West Stage), Milwaukee, WI
Jul 12, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ The Quilz, RRA and The Rope · The Artery, Minneapolis, MN
Jul 13, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ The Quilz · Treedome, Rochester, MN
Jul 14, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ The Quilz and Coyyote · The Plus, Eau Claire, WI
Jul 17, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Educational Davis · Gamma Ray, Madison, WI
Jul 19, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Before Dawn and Educational Davis · Fox River House, Appleton, WI
Jul 20, 2024, 7:00 PM — Team Bryce Foundation Summer Toy · Wisconsin Harley Davidson, Oconomowoc, WI
Sep 5, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ USA Video · Moshmellow, St. Louis, MO
Sep 6, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ 90 Minute Cassette and House of... · Minibar, Kansas City, MO
Sep 7, 2024, 7:00 PM — Gaslight Gardens · Lawrence, KS
Sep 14, 2024, 6:00 PM — w/ Raygun · The 5 Spot, Nashville, TN
Sep 21, 2024, 9:00 PM — Dachtoberfest · New Heights Brewing Company, Nashville, TN
Sep 27, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ JV Golf and Jake Borgemenke · MOTR Pub, Cincinnati, OH
Sep 28, 2024, 7:00 PM — w/ Daniel Dye & The Miller Road... · The State Theater, Springfield, OH
Oct 12, 2024, 9:00 PM — Dayton Music Fest · Blind Bob's, Dayton, OH
Nov 22, 2024, 8:00 PM — w/ The Fever Haze and Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament· Drkmttr, Nashville, TN