A two-piece band hailing from East Anglia, Panic Stations make music they describe as, “low fidelity, high energy garage post-punk”. Formed by singing drummer Jack Stevens, and bassist Alex Walker, Panic Stations have only been active for a year, yet have already opened for Pulled Apart By Horses, and found the time to put together their debut album. That record, entitled Flinch, will be self-released in November, and ahead of the release today the pair are sharing their new single, Nothing To See Here.

With a title lifted from Kevin Wilson’s novel of the same name, the band explain that Nothing To See Here is also an attempt to, “encapsulate the book’s wit with lyrical surrealism and dark humour”. Throughout the song we’re provided with a series of strange, reality-blurring images, from “ice cream on a dashboard” to “basketball for breakfast”, yet rather than run from this murky existence, Jack repeatedly opts in, as he sings time and time again, “I’d kill to be there”.

If the lyrical themes are somewhat otherworldly, musically Nothing To See Here is an altogether more gritty affair, as the gutsy, earthy assault of the bass is adorned with a pattering, crashing wall of drums, reminiscent of Fugazi or a more lo-fi Death From Above 1979. Bruising sure, but rather exciting, Nothing To See Here is conversely a reason to keep an eye firmly on whatever Panic Stations do next.

Flinch is out November 17th. For more information on Panic Stations visit https://linktr.ee/panicstations.

Header photo by Derek Mitchell @hagglephotos.