When I was asked to review this album, I was pretty chuffed, however, my heart fell when I saw the album cover, which is a line drawing of Jim Lindberg sat at a campfire with an acoustic guitar. Now I’m a fairly big Pennywise fan, and given their previous output is peppered with melodic ferocity, you could say that for me, they tick all the boxes – loud, fast and tuneful. I should also add that for my money, a guitar should always be electric, and preferably running into a very loud overdriven valve amp, supported by pounding drums that’d wake the dead. With that knowledge, this cover filled me trepidation verging on nausea, however, those feelings fell away before the start of the first chorus on The Palm Of Your Hand…yes, it’s acoustic, but it’s still upbeat, and dare I say p...
