Cleveland’s Endnote Records made their introduction during the start of this stupid pandemic this past Spring and the first act they signed was Akron native Daniel Palmentera’s Eighty-sixed, Kid.
Perhaps this means absolutely nothing to you and that’s cool, but if you know the history of Palmentera and the man behind Endnote, Andrew Wells, you’d be like me and understand how much sense it makes for these two to be working together. These two have a history together that includes friendship as well as creative avenues and seeing them form this partnership was one of the better things to happen in 2020.
Eighty-sixed, Kid started as a needed progression once Palmentera’s previous punk band, My Mouth Is The Speaker, seemingly put things in park for a while. The stage name came about after constant solo-touring all over Northeast Ohio for a few years. With the routine performances came fine-tuning and maturity forming a sound that contains plenty of unselfish demeanor.
The debut self-titled EP by Eighty-sixed, Kid will be released on October 30th, and let me tell you, it far surpassed my expectations. Palmentera put it all out there without holding back whatsoever.
“I Like Their Old Stuff Better” relates to anyone who truly holds passion to being engulfed in music. I loved how personal this pop punk song was and even more so appreciated the chorus. It’s a catchy, heartfelt track that’s extremely relatable, especially to me.
That’s not to say the EP was all cheerful material. “Gut Punch” pushed back to the 2000s emo days and brought forth gutted feelings about moving forward on an uneasy path. The track wasn’t too complex and held itself together even with it being heavy on the sorrow.
Another track to mention was “When You Came Home You Never Really Came Home”. This song hit me because I’ve lived this a couple of times and I would never wish this feeling upon anyone. People tend to say how a certain song pulled on their heartstrings, but this song punched a hole in my heart and left me numb for a moment.
There was no reprieve in emotion by Palmentera on this EP. He literally put himself out there for all to hear and you can feel the pain. As mentioned before, the self-titled EP resonated with me perhaps in an uneasy way, but I appreciated the hell out of it. I look forward to what Eighty-sixed, Kid creates moving on. This is not an act to sit on at all.
You can preorder the EP by visiting Endnote Records.