AP Review:
Not all artists / bands can get away with singing "lah, lah, lah, lah" and it sound so artistically cool. When it happens in Panchaeans' track Actually Speaking it creates sparkles of energy in your brain like when you are waiting to see a band and they finally saunter out on stage. The kind of stalking tempo-ed drums, the upbeat accented bass and guitar lines and Patrick Abernethy's sort of glam tinged vocal melody is immediately hooky. Modern Insomnia feels decidedly Brit pop-ish with vast and elegant flourishes. The staggered beat propels, melodic lead guitar and orchestral art rock motif laced with psychedelia feels classic and iconic bands like The Kinks, Echo and the Bunnymen and The Smiths flashed in my mind. These song are from the band's recently released EP "Telecommuting" and just listen to Mean It / This Time and you will be transported.
Panchaeans is a Californian indie psych-pop band. At the core is songwriter Patrick Abernethy (formerly of Beulah and Rogue Wave) and drummer Pat Spurgeon (Rogue Wave).
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Robb Donker
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
Panchaeans is a Californian indie psych-pop band driven by songwriter Patrick Abernethy (formerly of Beulah and Rogue Wave); propelled by drummer Pat Spurgeon (Rogue Wave), along with a rotating cast of band members when playing live. In a previous incarnation the band was known as Pancho-san (a nod to their former home city of San Francisco). Beginning in 2010, there were a couple of self-released LPs and shows around the U.S. with: The Fresh and Onlys, the Papercuts, Exray's, Tim Cohen's Magic Trick, Little Wings, The Blank Tapes, Rogue Wave, Admiral Radley (Jason Lytle), and Miles Kurosky (Beulah). Pancho-san took a long hiatus starting in 2014, and five eventful years later have regrouped - in Oakland, CA - now resurfacing from their recording studio with a new name, and a fresh four-song EP, Telecommuting, released on July 26th, 2019. The newly evolved monicker - Panchaeans - was inspired by the storied inhabitants of an Ancient Greek historical-fictional island called Panchaea. The name change felt like a better reflection of where the band currently finds themselves - geographically, sonically, and existentially speaking.
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