Photo credit: Megan Winstone

Returning with news of their long awaited debut album, Panic shack have today shared their brilliant single Girl Band Starter Pack. Taken from the forthcoming self-titled LP, ahead of a July 18th release on Brace Yourself Records, the track sees them at their most confident yet with high energy melodies and catchy vocals infused with their signature punk aesthetic. "'Girl Band Starter Pack' was the title of our inspiration playlist on Spotify when we first started the band," say Panic Shack. "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." Its accompanying video, meanwhile, sees the band enlist trouble-starting drag queens Jolene Dover, Lasagne Sheets, CiCi and Bopa Rhys to portray the band for a night on the Cardiff tiles. "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 explain. "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." Take a watch/listen for yourselves below. Pre-order the album here: https://lnk.to/PanicShack-LP. 

1. Girl Band Starter Pack 2. Gok Wan 3. Lazy 4. Tit School 5. We Need To Talk About Dennis 6. Do Something 7. Personal Best 8. Pockets 9. Unhinged 10. SMELLARAT 11. Thelma & Louise

Tour dates:
May 1st | Nottingham, UK - Bodega [sold out]
May 2nd | Cambridge, UK - MASH
May 3rd | Norwich, UK - Norwich Arts Centre [sold out]
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 [sold out]
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
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

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