Panic Shack have announced their self-titled debut album, set for release on 18th July via Brace Yourself Records.
The Cardiff outfit have shared new single ‘Girl Band Starter Pack’ alongside the news, which opens with ambient sounds recorded in a beer garden at an Amyl & the Sniffers gig before launching into their signature punk sound.
“‘Girl Band Starter Pack’ was the title of our inspiration playlist on Spotify when we first started the band,” Panic Shack explain. “It’s had many deaths and rebirths but has been with us since the start, so it’s quite special to us. Not only because we’ve watched it morph into a certified banger (it was once named ‘Banger Potential’) but because it personifies our friendship and the electricity we feel when we’re together, whether that’s creating, playing or simply just grabbing a coffee … which as the song foretells, usually leads to a voddy.”
The accompanying video features Welsh drag queens Jolene Dover, Lasagne Sheets, CiCi and Bopa Rhys portraying the band. “We wanted a music video that really heightened the vibe of the song, and thought who else could play us better than a bunch of sassy, sexy, stunnin Welsh drag queens?!” the band share. “All hail, Jolene Dover, Bopa Rhys, CiCi and Lasagne Sheets. They played us better than we play ourselves and have inspired us to dial our energy up to 11. We let the Queens loose on the streets of Cardiff, went to all of our usual haunts around the city and laughed until our stomachs hurt all day.”
Their dates in full read:
MAY
1 Bodega, Nottingham, UK
2 MASH, Cambridge, UK
3 Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, UK
6 Patterns, Brighton, UK
8 The Castle & Falcon, Birmingham, UK
9 FOCUS Wales, Wrexham, UK
10 The Wardrobe, Leeds, UK
11 Cluny, Newcastle, UK
13 King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, UK
14 Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield, UK
15 Arts Club, Liverpool, UK
16 Band on the Wall, Manchester, UK
18 The Bullingdon, Oxford, UK
19 Papillon, Southampton, UK
20 Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes, UK
22 Thekla, Bristol, UK
23 In It Together Festival, Port Talbot, UK
25 Corn Exchange, Newport, UK
28 The Garage, London, UK
JULY
10 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, UK
18 Homestead Festival, Portishead, UK
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