NYC dreamgaze band Panik Flower announce 'rearview' EP, release new single “alkaline"
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NYC dreamgaze band Panik Flower delivered their first piece of music for 2025 yesterday.
The track “alkaline” is the first taste of the band’s forthcoming rearview EP, which will be released on April 30. The EP was produced, mixed, and recorded by James Duncan (Taraneh, Nara’s Room, Dead Tooth, Raavi) and mastered by Carl Saff (Drops Nineteens, Dr. Dog, Sonic Youth). rearview is the follow-up to the band’s debut EP Dark Blue. Guitarist/vocalist Mila Stieglitz-Courtney said this about the track, which can be heard here:
“Jordan [Buzzell] brought this to us a long time ago, and I remember being incredibly persistent about having to flesh it out.”
Vocalist Sage Leopold also said:
“We spent a lot of time perfecting the wall of sound at the beginning of this track – we wanted to capture a certain intensity with this part while also having it be fuzzy and warm. The dynamics swiftly shift into a more pared back, sparse instrumental which really plays with this push-pull dualism that a lot of the EP encompasses. You’re then thrust into this super driving chorus. The whole song really has this sense of yearning from instrumentals to lyrics.”
This Friday (January 17), Panik Flower will hold a single release party at T.J. Byrnes with DJ sets from the band, Lip Critic, and Scary Bradshaw. The band will also perform at the New Colossus Fest in March.
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