PANIC SHACK

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"Panic Shack are the standouts on a four-band bill. Familiar faces in the Cardiff scene, they stage a deliriously enjoyable 30-minute freakout that fuses thrashy early LA-style punk with choreography that owes something to the Go-Go’s and Iron Maiden all at once." - The Guardian

"The wildest – and funniest – live band you’ll see all year" - NME

"The songs are minimalist in sound but maximalist in vivacity. Repeated mantras, scathing witticisms, and visceral energy combine to give Panic Shack an exceedingly addictive rampant attitude." - The Line of Best Fit

"A must-see live act, channelling joy, fury and freedom via snotty punk-infused songs." - Dork

"When it comes to insatiable, joyful punk energy, we wanna be in Panic Shack’s gang. The quartet look like The Runaways, sound like a Welsh take on Amyl and the Sniffers, and come armed with both political savvy AND a healthy smattering of choreography. Get yourself a band that can do it all." - DIY

"Panic Shack are the standouts on a four-band bill. Familiar faces in the Cardiff scene, they stage a deliriously enjoyable 30-minute freakout that fuses thrashy early LA-style punk with choreography that owes something to the Go-Go’s and Iron Maiden all at once." - The Guardian

 "The wildest – and funniest – live band you’ll see all year" - NME

"The songs are minimalist in sound but maximalist in vivacity. Repeated mantras, scathing witticisms, and visceral energy combine to give Panic Shack an exceedingly addictive rampant attitude." - The Line of Best Fit

"A must-see live act, channelling joy, fury and freedom via snotty punk-infused songs." - Dork

"When it comes to insatiable, joyful punk energy, we wanna be in Panic Shack’s gang. The quartet look like The Runaways, sound like a Welsh take on Amyl and the Sniffers, and come armed with both political savvy AND a healthy smattering of choreography. Get yourself a band that can do it all." - DIY

Speaking of the track's inception, the band offer: 

"Growing up in the '00s we were bombarded with constant images of super skinny models and ‘IT girls’ as well as TV shows all about ‘looking good’ and ‘being thin’. We wanted to write a song that embodied the ludicrous nature of what we were consuming as literal children and how it affected us then and to this day.

"We dug deep into our shared memories of that time, bought some trashy magazines at the corner shop and watched some old shows on YouTube, ‘Trinny and Susannah’ and ‘Ten Years Younger’ being a couple… but honestly there are SO MANY to choose from. It was shocking to watch them back. The stark difference to what’s acceptable now, discussing women’s bodies with such negativity felt satirical, albeit a plus knowing things have come along a fair bit since then. We took headlines from the magazines and worked a few into the lyrics, ‘fat or pregnant’ being one, yes that’s a genuine magazine headline.

"The title 'Gok Wan' comes from the show he presented How To Look Good Naked which in all honestly was one of the better shows, in terms of negativity but still obviously had the main focus on women’s bodies. No hate to Gok (Trinny and Susannah didn’t have the same ring to it for a title), it was the time we lived in and through but it was still shit, it still shaped our little teenager minds into this grown up hellscape of constantly focusing on how we look rather than what we do."

'Gok Wan' is the first release from Panic Shack since the 2022 double-header of the 'Meal Deal' single and their long sold-out debut EP Baby Shack. The band have been hugely championed at press and radio - both in the UK and beyond - with plaudits at press from the likes of NME, Stereogum, The Guardian, Dork, DIY, Kerrang, MOJO, Clash, The Sunday Times, The Daily Star, The Line of Best Fit, The Skinny and more; multiple playlists at BBC 6 Music and wider support at the station from the likes of Craig Charles, Lauren Laverne, Steve Lamacq, Chris Hawkins, Amy Lamé and more, as well as further backers at BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Wales, Radio X and beyond.

Live, the band have toured and shared stages with Bob Vylan, Soft Play, Orlando Weeks, Los Bitchos, Yard Act, Lambrini Girls and more, and performed at festivals including Reading & Leeds, SXSW, Green Man, End of the Road, 6 Music Festival, Truck, 2000 Trees, The Great Escape and Glastonbury, where MOJO called them "an early candidate for band of the festival." Tickets for the Don't Quit Your Day Job Tour are available now here: https://linktr.ee/panicshack

Tour dates:

May 1st | Nottingham, UK - Bodega [sold out]

May 2nd | Cambridge, UK - MASH

May 3rd | Norwich, UK - Norwich Arts Centre

May 6th | Brighton, UK - Patterns [sold out]

May 8th | Birmingham, UK - The Castle & Falcon

May 9th | Wrexham, UK - FOCUS Wales

May 10th | Leeds, UK - The Wardrobe

May 11th | Newcastle, UK - Cluny

May 13th | Glasgow, UK - King Tuts Wah Wah Hut

May 14th | Sheffield, UK - Yellow Arch Studios [sold out]

May 15th | Liverpool, UK - Arts Club

May 16th | Manchester, UK - Band on the Wall

May 18th | Oxford, UK - The Bullingdon [sold out]

May 19th | Southampton, UK - Papillon

May 20th | Milton Keynes, UK - Craufurd Arms

May 22nd | Bristol, UK - Thekla [sold out]

May 23rd | Port Talbot, UK - In It Together Festival

May 25th | Newport, UK - Corn Exchange

May 28th | London, UK - The Garage

July 10th | Cheltenham, UK - Upcote Farm

July 18th | Portishead, UK - Homestead Festival