On Painted Palms’ second full-length album, Horizons, emotional states are suspended between light and dark, driven by the tension of efficient song structures. This week the band shares album standout “Refractor,”

Though vocalist Chris Prudhomme and producer Reese Donohue chose to collaborate on their second full-length by sending song ideas back and forth over e-mail, just as they did when crafting their 2014 debut Forever, Horizons marks the first time the duo has expanded their sound beyond the bedroom by stepping into the studio.

Mixed by former DFA house engineer Eric Broucek (LCD Soundsystem, Classixx), Horizons engages with a diverse sonic palette on each track: ’60s psych-pop, ’80s synths, hypnotic vibes of the kind induced by Bjork and early ’90s Creation Records bands, and the trunk-rattling minimalism of Southern hip-hop.

Horizons is a meditation on achieving balance in a place where things are always changing, and there are no real ends. As a result, Painted Palms refines and executes their best work to date.

Horizons
[Polyvinyl]
Release Date: September 4, 2015

Tracklist:
1. Refractor
2. Contact
3. Gemini
4. Glaciers
5. Echoes
6. Control
7. Disintegrate
8. Waterfall
9. Painkiller
10. Tracers

Tour Dates:

8/25 San Diego, CA @ The Merrow
8/26 LA, CA @ The Satellite
8/27 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
9/4 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
10/13 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl *
10/14 New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa *
10/16 Austin, TX @ Red 7 *
10/17 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada *
10/20 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar *
10/26 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge *
10/27 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret *
10/28 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile *
10/29 Boise, ID @ Neurolux *
10/30 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge *
10/31 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
11/2 Kansas City, MO @ The Tank Room *
11/3 Iowa City, IA @ The Mill *
11/4 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry *
11/6 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
11/7 Detroit, MI @ UFO Factory *
11/8 Toronto, ON @ The Garrison *
11/10 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa *
11/11 Burlington, VT @ Signal Kitchen *
11/12 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *

* = w/ Small Black