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PANIC SHACK – PANIC SHACK – ALBUM REVIEW
The time has finally arrived for Welsh indie-punks Panic Shack to deliver their long awaiting debut album. The band have built a fierce reputation with their riotous live shows and that has left fans clamouring for a first full-length collection.
Those that have been waiting will thankfully be ecstatic with this self-titled offering which somehow manages to capture the energy of those live shows and put it in a nice little package.
That’s often a hard thing to achieve for bands but the fact that their live essence exudes from each of the eleven tracks is simply a testament to the quirky charisma possessed by the group.
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You have to say though that the core component of the band, which is what truly elevates them both on stage and on record, is the fun that they are clearly having. These are songs capable of calling out societal and life problems ala their modern punk-aligned contemporaries, but they are designed to be enjoyed.
The likes of ‘Gok Won’, ‘Tit School’, ‘Pockets’ and album closer ‘Thelma & Louise’ are frankly infectious. So much so that the album should probably feature a warning sticker highlighting the likelihood of a serious need to break into a mosh.
The witty lyricism of their early singles is still front and centre and there are plenty of moments which will make you pop, make you smile and make you laugh. Equally the band haven’t been afraid to address both bigger issues and their own past criticisms.
As we said at the start, their live spirit oozes from these songs and more than anything that makes you want to hear these songs live! Sometimes that early hype can fail to build to anything, but on this debut album Panic Shack have smashed it out of the park!
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