frosty palms

frosty palms has existed in many iterations, but at its core has always been a moniker of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Bryan Dalle Molle. Emerging as a lofi bedroom recording project in 2017, the solo act inevitably expanded in Austin TX’s music community, regularly playing and touring as a trio by late 2019 before becoming a more open, collaborative quartet in 2021. The lineup solidified in the fall of 2022 with drummer Sean Lochridge, bassist & keyboardist Matt Hudson, and guitarist Daniel Bryson.


Striving to become the band its members wished existed, the core tenant of the quartet is to push songs and their arrangements in whatever direction they deem most interesting, finding musical cohesion from the natural voices of its members rather than contriving the most predictable, algorithmically digestible product. The project’s 3rd LP - 2024’s “an uncanny valley of delight” - exemplifies this the most; choosing to convey the anxiety of the COVID pandemic through angular rhythmic shifts, listless genre uncertainty, and meticulous self-revisionism.


Shortly after the aforementioned record’s humble release, knowing the continuation of the project was unlikely due to the demands of jobs, other bands, and relocation, frosty palms most stable iteration quietly recorded it’s most straightforward collection of songs yet - “gift shop” - as a trinket commemorating the group’s modest tenure in the Austin music scene.