PALMYRA! HEADING TO TERMINAL WEST IN ATLANTA ON NOVEMBER, 20TH!
Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 10/27/25
The wildly talented trio, Palmyra, are heading to Atlanta on Nov 20th and will be opening for Ethan Regan at Terminal West.
PALMYRA
SHARES NEW SINGLE “ARIZONA”
DEBUT ALBUM RESTLESS
OUT MARCH 28TH ON OH BOY RECORDS
Watch Live Performance Video Here
“a spiritual, tender trip unbound to any one genre.” – Paste Magazine
“a throwback to the heart-on-sleeve catharses that bands like Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas is the Reason were able to so successfully mine in the 90s”- Beats Per Minute
“Vulnerable And Dynamic” – UPROXX
Last month, rising Virginia trio Palmyra announced that their debut album Restless will arrive on March 28th via Oh Boy Records. Today, the band returns with the standout track – an on-the-road rambler titled “Arizona.” The track explores the conflict between the pleasure and loneliness one feels on a journey. Of the song, Teddy shares, “Arizona was a moment of joy in a dark, uncertain period of my life. I was roadtripping with my brother through the southwest, driving through national parks and living off of energy drinks, cigarettes, and hot dogs. The car was filled with sand from having to break down our tent during a sandstorm, and it reeked of lighter fluid (my brother left it open and it drenched the backseat). It was a beautiful, brief escape from facing reality, and I never wanted it to end.”
Peppered with electric bass and organ, the song journeys into retro soundscapes fitting for a desert road trip. Mānoa adds, “It has become a core live song for us and one that I think will exist for Palmyra forever. I’m so glad we didn’t give up on it after the demo.”
The live performance video is the band in their happiest and purest form— camped in a tent with just themselves and a stripped-back setup, letting their voices steal the show. The video was filmed in a friend’s backyard in Richmond, Virginia.
Palmyra will play a string of shows in Virginia this February before they officially kick off their headline tour this March 27th in Pittsburgh, PA and wrap May 8th in Amherst, MA. Highlights include The Basement in Nashville, TN on April 3rd, DC9 in Washington DC on April 29th and The Mercury Lounge in NYC on May 1st. They’ll play an album release show at The Jefferson Theatre in Charlottesville, VA on the album’s release day, March 28th. The band will also play at Iron Blossom Music Festival alongside artists like Vampire Weekend, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, and The Lumineers this September. Find tickets here: https://www.palmyratheband.com/
Palmyra Tour Dates
February 20 – The Vault – Tysons, VA
February 21 – Sipe Theatre – Bridgewater, VA
February 22 – Grand Caverns – Grottoes, VA
March 9 – Continuum Art – Hendersonville, NC
March 21 – The Harvester – Rocky Mount, VA
March 27 – Crafthouse Stage & Grill – Pittsburgh, PA
March 28 – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA
March 29 – Cat’s Cradle Back Room – Carrboro, NC
March 30 – Live at Ted’s – Wilmington, NC
April 1 – Charleston Pour House – Charleston, SC
April 2 – Georgia Theater Rooftop – Athens, GA
April 3 – The Basement – Nashville, TN
April 4 – Open Chord – Knoxville, TN
April 5 – Center Stage Vinyl – Atlanta, GA
April 6 – Doodad Farm – Greensboro, NC
April 24 – The Palm Room – Wrightsville Beach, NC
April 25 – Petra’s – Charlotte, NC
April 27 – Eulogy – Asheville, NC
April 29 – DC9 Nightclub – Washington, DC
April 30 – MilkBoy – Philadelphia, PA
May 1 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY
May 2 – Middle East Upstairs – Cambridge, MA
May 3 – High Ground Lounge – South Burlington, VT
May 4 – Billsville House Concert – Manchester, VT
May 5 – 9th Ward – Buffalo, NY
May 6 – Fan Club Collective – Ithaca, NY
May 8 – The Drake – Amherst, MA
September 21 – Richmond, VA – Iron Blossom Music Festival
Palmyra’s members met in a college music class. All three members- Landon, Teddy Chipouras and Mānoa Bell grew up in Virginia, all three excellent songwriters, singers and players. But rather than starting their own projects, they formed a trio built on democracy, respect and equal agency. They immediately hit the road and found deep inspiration in the connection they felt communing with their audiences each night. But becoming an adult while living out of a suitcase is complicated, and it’s these experiences that inform the music on Restless. Once they were prepared to write the album, heading to a big city recording studio felt like an impossibility and instead they chose to set up shop in a rural Virginia lakehouse, making for an album that is immediate, warm and unadorned.
Palmyra may have roots in the South, their music steeped in the sounds of traditional instruments and shaped by their time there, but their spirit defies easy categorization. Palmyra is also a band that confronts complex, often painful topics in their lyrics: suicide, gender dysphoria, identity, and the relentless pressure of capitalism. Their songs, which shift from folk to post-rock and even flirt with emo, reflect a band unafraid to push boundaries. In this way, Palmyra joins the ranks of Southern acts like Julien Baker, Band of Horses, and Cat Power—artists who’ve redefined what it means to come from the South, offering a sound that’s as expansive and evolving as the region itself. It’s this admixture of place and perspective that define the material on Restless.
