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A new wave of indiepop is emerging in the UK, and Panic Pocket are at the forefront of it. Playful, tuneful, sardonic and sassy, Sophie and Natalie have been friends since childhood, know each others secrets – and probably know a few of yours too. Formed in 2017, Panic Pocket soon became a DIY sensation, releasing debut EP Never Gonna Happen, with Reckless Yes in 2019. 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. Many of Mad Half Hours 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 loveand 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 Pockets superpower is their sense of fun. On Mad Half Hour, youre never more than a few seconds away from a monster hook, killer harmony or an acerbically witty turn of phrase worthy of the bands heroes Aimee Mann or Liz Phair. From receiving a cryptic frog emoji from a long-forgotten one-night stand, to Dont Get Me Starteds 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 Mad Half Hour is exactly the soundtrack you need, right down to the minute.
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