Do you remember the band Kamikaze Palm Tree? It’s fine if you don’t. I definitely got PR emails about Kamikaze Palm Tree, but I don’t remember them at all. The two permanent members of Kamikaze Palm Tree, Dylan Hadley and Cole Berliner, both came from the San Francisco psych-rock scene. Together, they made skronky, skittery art music full of herky-jerk riffs and off-kilter math-rock self-interruptions. There are lots of bands like Kamikaze Palm Tree, baby Deerhoofs whose euphoric splatter conveys a sense of permanent restlessness. It is not my thing, but maybe it’s yours.
