Album Reviews

- by Tom Dumarey

To be honest, I don’t like Geoff Palmer much. Last month he released a single so catchy, it pretty much ruined all other music for a month because the main riff just kept popping up in my head all of the goddamn time. That song was ‘This One’s Gonna Be Hot’ and it’s the opening track on the man’s debut solo full-length, ‘Pulling Out All The Stops,’ out now via Stardumb Records in Europe and Rum Bar Records in the US.

Thing is, it’s not even a lie. The album really is hot and Palmer really is pulling out all the stops with a whoppin’ 14 cuts’ worth of pop-punk meets power-pop with a rock ‘n roll twist and a garage-y feel. Songs like ‘Cha-Ching’ and ‘I Like Murder Too’ are catchier than an STD, ‘Giving In’ and ‘Everything Is Cool’ are Ramones worship done right and ‘Velcro Shoes’ is as easy to get into as the shoes the song is named after.

Do yourself a favor and pick this one up... you will be blasting it loud all summer long.

Track listing:

1. This One's Gonna be Hot    
2. Cha-Ching    
3. I Like Murder Too    
4. Giving In    
5. Got the Skinny    
6. We Can't Do It    
7. Everything is Cool    
8. All the Hits    
9. Velcro Shoes    
10. Walk Through    
11. Paper Heart    
12. Donut    
13. Speed    
14. Make It    
15. Punker Than Me    
16. That's what you do