Palm Trees and Power Lines

Palm Trees and Power Lines
Studio album by Sugarcult
Released April 13, 2004
Studio Full Kilt Studio, Third Stone Recordings, Hollywood, California
Genre Alternative rock, pop punk
Length 40:43
Label Fearless, Artemis
Producer Gavin MacKillop
Sugarcult chronology
Start Static
(2001)Start Static2001		 Palm Trees and Power Lines
(2004)		 Lights Out
(2006)Lights Out2006

Palm Trees and Power Lines is the fourth studio album by American rock band Sugarcult. The album contains the MTV hits "Memory" and "She's the Blade".[1] This is the band’s first album to feature Kenny Livingston on drums.

Production

Recording took place at Full Kilt Studio and Third Stone Recording in North Hollywood, California with producer Gavin MacKillop. Additional production was done by Tim Pagnotta. Wes Sideman acted as assistant engineer at Third Stone Recording. John Nooney, Mauro Rubbi and Trent Slatton engineered the Pro-Tools sessions. Tim Cullen provided additional backing vocals. Alain Johannes performed additional guitar. Nooney and Ariel Rechtshaid contributed keyboards. Slatton provided programming. Tom Lord-Alge mixed "She's the Blade", "Crying", "Memory", "Back to California" and "Over" at South Beach Studio. Mark Trombino mixed "Worst December" and "Champagne" at Chalice Recording Studios with assistance from Alan Mason. Mackillop mixed "Destination Anywhere", "What You Say", "Head Up" and "Counting Stars". Evan Frankfort mixed "Sign Off". Brian Gardner mastered the recordings at Bernie Grudman Mastering in Hollywood, California.[2]

Release

On December 15, 2003, Palm Trees and Power Lines was announced for release.[3] In January 2004, the band went on a Japanese tour with Good Charlotte. During the same month, the band filmed amusic video for "Memory".[4] "Memory" was released to radio on March 16.[5] On February 25, the album's track listing was revealed.[6] After being originally scheduled for release on March 9,[3] the album was eventually released on April 13.[4] The album is named after the scenery in California where the band members live, as the skyline is littered with palm trees and power lines.[7] On the album cover, a few pieces of Californian scenery can be seen in the background, such as a liquor store, which Pagnotta visits in the documentary Back to the Disaster. "She's the Blade" was released to radio on August 31.[5] In October and November, the group supported Green Day on their headlining US tour.[8] In February 2005, the group supported Hawthorne Heights on the Take Action Tour across the US.[9]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
The Daily CalifornianFavorable [11]
Drowned in Sound6/10[12]
musicOMHFavorable [13]
Melodic[14]
PopMattersFavorable [15]
Rolling Stone[16]
SpinC-[17]

Palm Trees and Power Lines sold 22,000 copies, reaching number 46 on the Billboard 200.[18] The album received mixed to favorable reviews from critics. Johnny Loftus of Allmusic gives a favorable review, concluding that "Sugarcult are thankfully more concerned with pleasing the crowd than making a statement." Punktastic characterizes the album as "one hell of a grower," a record "that shows maturity without ever coming across as trite or predictable." The review goes on to call the album "a fine record which, while not as anthemic and instant as its predecessor, is destined to be a sure-fire summer hit."

Track listing

All songs by Tim Pagnotta, all music by Pagnotta and Sugarcult.[2]

  1. "She's the Blade" – 2:59
  2. "Crying" – 3:29
  3. "Memory" – 3:46
  4. "Worst December" – 3:37
  5. "Back to California" – 4:07
  6. "Destination Anywhere" – 3:51
  7. "Champagne" – 2:56
  8. "What You Say" – 2:39
  9. "Over" – 3:24
  10. "Head Up" – 3:56
  11. "Counting Stars" – 3:38
  12. "Sign Off" – 2:13
  13. "Blackout" (Japanese bonus track) – 3:10

Note

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.[2]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ SPIN - Oct 2006 - Page 104 Vol. 22, No. 10 "Sugarcult. Lights Out *•* FEARLESS/V2 Raging riffs for getting drunk and getting lucky Though these SoCal pop punks sneaked onto MTV with their 2004 single "Memory," the hard-partying reputation they earned after the song's success was ..."
  2. 1 2 3 Palm Trees and Power Lines (Booklet). Sugarcult. Fearless/Artemis. 2004. RCD17018.
  3. 1 2 "Sugarcult to Release New Album in March". Alternative Addiction. December 13, 2003. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  4. 1 2 Wippsson, Johan (January 24, 2004). "Sugarcult update". Melodic. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  6. ↑ Wippsson, Johan (February 25, 2004). "Listen to a new track from Sugarcult's upcoming album". Melodic. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  7. ↑ Black Velvet, Shari. "All Roads Lead To Sugarcult". Retrieved 2007-05-14.
  8. ↑ Montgomery, James (September 10, 2004). "New Found Glory To Shoot 'Top Secret' Video Before Green Day Tour". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  9. ↑ Sharpe-Young 2005, p. 168
  10. ↑ Allmusic review
  11. ↑ http://archive.dailycal.org/article.php?id=14960
  12. ↑ "Album Review: Sugarcult - Palm Trees and Power Lines".
  13. ↑ "Sugarcult – Palm Trees And Power Lines - Album Reviews - musicOMH".
  14. ↑ Ellis, Andrew (March 16, 2004). "Sugarcult - Palm Trees And Power Lines". Melodic. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Sugarcult: Palm Trees and Power Lines".
  16. ↑ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  17. ↑ LLC, SPIN Media (11 December 2016). "SPIN". SPIN Media LLC – via Google Books.
  18. ↑ "AbsolutePunk.net". AbsolutePunk. SpinMedia. Archived from the original on December 1, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2017.

Sources

  • Sharpe-Young, Garry (2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal (1st ed.). New Plymouth, NZ: Zonda Books. ISBN 9780958268400.
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