Past Palms releases “Dragon Tree”

New York-based producer Past Palms creates Lo-Fi music to water your plants to. The music aims to encapsulate the feeling of surrounding yourself with an oasis of tropical houseplants while living in a grey, nature-less city.

Last spring, the plant-inspired artist released the Vernal EP with praise from Mixmag, who wrote, “The New York-based producer is steadily building a reputation for crafting lush soundscapes imbued with an organic sense of tranquillity.” Giving it an 8/10 score, Exclaim! called the EP “a beautifully arranged piece of music that somehow blends orchestral sounds with machine layering and jagged vocals.” Run The Trap lauded the “lush sounds this unique and incredible producer has blessed us with.” Spotify included the lead single, “Rainwater,” on their hugely popular “Chill Tracks” playlist.

After releasing Vernal, the artist followed up the EP with a two-part single entitled When the Sun Reaches Its Highest Point in the Sky, which Billboard described as “a gorgeous, transportive composition.”

Past Palms is preparing to release their third EP entitled Empyrean, which features a more Eastern-inflected sound palette. Inspired by the scores of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, Empyrean is a lush soundscape blooming with cascading harps, rainforest field recordings, ethereal strings, and warped vocal samples. The title acts as a direct contrast to the year in which it was made, 2020, serving as an expression of hope for a better day along the horizon.

Now the producer brings us the new track “Dragon Tree” lifted from the upcoming new EP. “Dragon Tree” serves as the second single from Past Palms’ forthcoming Empyrean EP, and premiered on XLR8R for its official release. The track features guzheng harp melodies, trap-inflected beats, and a wash of ethereal vocal samples, creating a hazy and skyward atmosphere inspired by nature and plants.

Listen to Dragon Tree below

More from Music

---

Editor Picks

---