Scribblers Music Review

Amanda Palmer, “Bigger on the Inside.” Palmer’s work is now partially subsized by Patreon, and tracks are coming out for free (though you can always donate if you like). After the pyrotechnics of the Grand Theft Orchestra, this is back-to-basics Palmer, so stripped down for her that there aren’t even banging piano chords, just strings—plucked guitar and some cello. The lyrics are one of those scanned, sinuous tone poems she’s known for. The music is sparse but full enough to build in tone and volume. And build it does, for nearly eight minutes, not unlike an early Velvet Underground opus. A neat little DIY epic.