Panikattack Ett Sista Farväl LP
By far this month’s most unsurprising record, but should you expect anything different from a Swedish hardcore band releasing an LP on the tireless Phobia Records, a label bent on känging up the world? Uppsala’s PANIKATTACK belongs in that category of bands that I know I am going to enjoy conservatively before even listening to them. To an extent, I don’t even have to listen to them to enjoy them. I just know. Ett Sista Farväl is the band’s last record, and it does not disappoint. With current and ex-members of ANGER BURNING, MAKABERT FYND, and DISCONTROL among others, the lineup is experienced and the band knows what they have to do and how to do it. Twenty minutes of classically executed, energetic, pummeling käng hardcore with angry vocals and an apt production keeping it raw and heavy. No messing around here as PANIKATTACK never slows down, and delivers what they are expected to. To be enjoyed in the same old school way as bands like DISSEKERAD or VERDICT, with a hint of mid-’90s DISFEAR. If you are not an unconditional käng lover, you may find the album a little long, if not upsettingly redundant, because, as objectively effective as it is given the template, it is pretty much a straight line.