Panic Shack has today released their new video for the track titled ‘Pockets’ from their upcoming debut album. How else to start this than to just give a monumental and honest ‘FUCK YEAH’ to Panic Shack. This is what rebellious rebellion and anthemic assertiveness are. This is rock. Period.

Musically, ‘Poclets’ harkens to the bands of the ‘golden era’ of punk, post-punk, and three-chord jam bands; the kind that mattered. I also hear the personality of the band in every note and lyric. This is a quartet of quartermasters. Giving you what you need and showing you the way on how to live like they live. One note at a time.

About Panic Shack & ‘Pockets’

‘Pockets’, a fizzing and vitriolic rager that leaps out of the gates with a chant of its oft-repeated refrain”VAPE! PHONE! KEYS! LIP GLOSS!” is emblematic of so much of what makes the five-piece’s debut album so special. It takes an underrepresented but very tangible issue affecting women today, laces it with biting humour and a knowing wink, and packages it in a danceable-punk blinder. The politicisation of the pocket has begun.

Of the track, the band explains: “‘Pockets’ is about an unspoken bond between women, something men will never quite understand. If you’ve ever worn women’s clothing, you’ll be far too familiar with the plight of… NOT HAVING ANY POCKETS IN YOUR CLOTHES. It’s a fun, tongue-in-cheek song in classic Shack style, describing something a bit silly but with a deeper social commentary on a bigger issue: inequality and patriarchal control. We had never heard the topic in a song before, so we thought it was our duty to spread the word to the masses. Hopefully, fashion brands take note and pockets production will make it to women’s clothing by 2026, we are fed up of always having to carry a bag!!!”

‘Pockets’ comes accompanied by an eye-popping video documenting Panic Shack’s largely sold-out Don’t Quit Your Day Job tour across the UK this May, dive into it for a brief glimpse into the live mania that’s made them one of the hottest tickets on the UK live circuit this year.

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