Name: Mad Half Hour
Brand: Panic Pocket

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SKEPWAX014LP

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Pink

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Limited edition

Release date

2023-05-26

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5055869549974

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Pink LP

SKEPWAX014CD

5055869549981

Artist

Panic Pocket

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Indie Pop / Shoegaze

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Skep Wax Records

A new wave of indiepop is emerging in the UK, and Panic Pocket are at the forefront of it.&nbsp; Playful, tuneful, sardonic and sassy, Sophie and Natalie have been friends since childhood, know each other’s secrets - and probably know a few of yours too.

Formed in 2017, Panic Pocket soon became a DIY sensation, releasing debut EP&nbsp;Never Gonna Happen, with Reckless Yes in 2019.&nbsp; Their debut album has found a new home.

Amelia and Rob at Skep Wax Records fell in love with the mixture of punk-grrrl attitude and songwriting skill: “They reminded us of all our favourite bands rolled into one. Panic Pocket know how to turn anger and humour into brilliant pop songs.”&nbsp; Panic Pocket will be the main support band at Heavenly’s sell-out London shows in May.

Many of&nbsp;Mad Half Hour’s 10 indie-pop anthems are concerned with being at odds with life's accepted milestones, feeling alienated from the people you thought wanted the same things as you, while trying to forge your own path. So the top-down janglepop of ‘Boyfriend’ reflects on what happens when your best friend finds love…and insists on bringing it everywhere, and ‘Get Me’ answers claustrophobic questions about ‘settling down’ with a not-so-silent scream over some deliciously dirty riffs.

But Panic Pocket’s superpower is their sense of fun. On&nbsp;Mad Half Hour, you’re never more than a few seconds away from a monster hook, killer harmony or an acerbically witty turn of phrase worthy of the band’s heroes Aimee Mann or Liz Phair. From receiving a cryptic “frog emoji” from a long-forgotten one-night stand, to ‘Don’t Get Me Started’’s streetlit walk of shame “via Morrisons car park”, no memory is off-limits, no matter how painful.

If you want punkpop exuberance, lyrics that are so truthful they hurt, plus some very infectious tunes - then&nbsp;Mad Half Hour&nbsp;is exactly the soundtrack you need, right down to the minute.

Mad Half Hour  

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