(Palmer, AK photo by Blush Photo)

Strong Killings, Palmer, AK
(Green Room at Showbox at the Market) Just a couple weeks ago I wrote about Ships, the newish project featuring the Lashes’ keyboardist Jacob Hoffman and former Divorce guitarist Garrett Lunceford. This week, guess what? Those same dudes are in yet another band! This time, they’re the live accomplices for Hoffman’s Lashes bandmate Eric Howk, who is the main songwriter for Palmer, AK. It’s a dreamy, introspective project with lo-fi recordings—”Goodtime” is a bittersweet number with harmonizing vocals delicately dancing with soft piano; “Same Rain or Noelly” has a worn folk feel with strings and quickly strummed acoustic guitar and even a whistling solo. It’ll be a nice way to wind down and wrap up the weekend. MEGAN SELING

Here’s the band playing a song called “The Moat” at Veracity in December 2006 (via their MySpace page):