Sweaty Palms - Quit Now

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Sweaty Palms have managed a stonker of a debut.

‘Quit Now’ is the first release from Glaswegian band Sweaty Palms, who claim to have met at a support group for cult survivors, which is how most bands form, we assume. Taken under the wing of Dale Barclay, former frontman of Glaswegian menace-purveyors The Amazing Snakeheads, they’ve broken out of Glasgow and have a few things to say about the state of the world (they aren’t very happy with it, in case you were interested).

A snarling 35-minute debut, ‘Quit Now’ establishes Sweaty Palms as one of the most exciting garage rock prospects around. Tracks like ‘Captain of The Rugby Team’ encapsulate what the band do best. It’s a twitchy, political, anxiety flecked banger which slowly falls apart until by the end Robbie Houston’s vocals have devolved into screams, the rest of the band marching on regardless.

Lead single ‘Transit Paul’ showcases the other extreme of the album, a much slower, more trudging take on the same paranoid vision. There are still cracks in the more measured foundations though, with discordant guitars and screams occasionally bubbling up before fading back below the surface.