Ghettoblaster Magazine reviews Palm Ghosts’ Love Factions

Palm Ghosts' Love Factions EP was reviewed by Ghettoblaster Magazine. This is what Eddie Ugarte had to say about it:

From the tail end of 2025, it seemed everywhere I turned, oh, there was a new Palm Ghosts single popping up, which there was. The post-punk outfit out of Nashville has been consistent, releasing material that’s always palatable and to some like myself, really fucking enjoyable. The trio has just released its brief new album, Love Factions, and while in the past the group’s music was brooding and murky, through this album, the band has stepped into the light, making things much brighter, filled with a much more colorful palette. Bear with me as I bounce around the album, never sticking to the track, but “Live From The Living Hell,” this one rides the melody of those keyboards accentuated by its surrounding guitars and steady rhythm. The song comes alive and is larger than life as those notes, plucked and pressed, soothe and makes you want to get up and dance! Right, right; in the past I’ve brought up how the band rides a crescent wave of nostalgia with so much UK influence, but it doesn’t matter. To be honest, it never did because while the band may wear its influences on its proverbial sleeve, the band’s sound it’s voices are recognizable as Palm Ghosts itself.

And then there’s “Maximum Capacity,” which is misleading: moving frantically, going down dark alleyways, and when the group hits with the chorus, that’s the moment you realize this is something different. Guitars echo out in the distance as the bassline draws you right in. When the song closes out, those polyphonic vocals can’t be ignored. It’s quick and to the point. But going back to the beginning, “Damn The Romantics” hits with its layered vocals and harmonies, and yes, damn those romantics but keep in those synth-like strings that add such tasty flavoring to the song itself but it seems the keyboards are what drive the song, although guitars are just as delicious and appealing. There’s still a bit of gloom around the band though; it might be outweighed by the group’s need for daylight. You can feel that on “Peripheral,” where Joseph Lekkas’ bass is driving the song and everything else just falls right into place around it all.

With every release, Palm Ghosts just seem so focused on whatever the task is at hand, and the band members don’t stray far from one another when it comes to songwriting. Like-minded individuals who bring the best out of one another, and Love Factions is proof of that.