Panic Shack Plot February Headline UK Tour, Share New Song Meal Deal
Thursday, 13 October 2022
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Siân Adler
Panic Shack have revealed a new song and 2023 tour dates.
Fiery, bright and effortlessly catchy, Meal Deal offers witty lyricism over raucous guitar riffs, and marks the Cardiff punk band's first new music since their debut EP 'Baby Shack', released back in April.
It comes with a Ren Faulkner-directed video that shows the quartet recording the song at Rat Trap Studios with Tom Rees of Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard. They said:
"We wrote Meal Deal back in 2020. It was once almost an ode to the meal deal, declaring our love for our favourite combos, but since then we’ve got a bit more to be angry about and are annoyed that meal deals are still all we can afford.
"We would regularly get meal deals on our lunch breaks. We’d get 30 minutes to run to Boots or Tesco, have a cig and scoff it down before having to be all smiles again on the shop floor, but to keep spirits high we’d send each other our combos and rate them. For example, ready salted crisps, a ham sandwich and a water would get nil pois, obviously. We truly believe your meal deal says a lot about you.
"The new and improved version, however, is less focused on the actual meal deal itself and more towards what the meal deal represents... being skint. In true Shack style we are keeping things relatively light but still giving our two pence on the current state of living."
Of the clip, they added: "We wanted the video to be rough and ready much like the sound of the song; it also gave us a few extra pennies to go towards the sandwich, crisps and drink combo that we love dearly. Being absolutely skint is pretty bleak: the message speaks for itself so we didn’t want to dwell on that. We wanted to capture the fun we have when we’re together, to contrast what we’re talking about in the song (because god knows we need a break from the doom and gloom in the news). We hope you enjoy spending a few minutes behind the scenes on Planet Shack. (P.s don’t judge the Red Bulls.)"
Ahead of their autumn dates, which include shows in Manchester, Bristol and Cardiff with Yard Act and a stop at Swn Festival later in October, they've confirmed a headline UK tour for February, including a London gig at The Lexington. Tickets are on sale now.
Panic Shack Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed February 08 2023 - LIVERPOOL Jimmy's Liverpool
Thu February 09 2023 - MANCHESTER Yes Basement
Mon February 13 2023 - ST ALBANS Horn
Tue February 14 2023 - LONDON Lexington
Wed February 15 2023 - TUNBRIDGE WELLS Forum
Thu February 16 2023 - BRIGHTON Prince Albert
Fri February 17 2023 - BRISTOL Strange Brew
Thu February 23 2023 - HULL Hull Central Library
Fri February 24 2023 - GLASGOW Garage
Sat February 25 2023 - LEEDS Brudenell Social Club
Sun February 26 2023 - NOTTINGHAM Bodega Social Club
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