Panthers

Punk / Post Hardcore / Progressive

Brooklyn, NY

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About

Only two years ago, on their debut album "Are You Down??", Brooklyn quintet Panthers unleashed a politically-charged punk rock agenda that left them somewhere between MC5 and Fugazi. Following last year's excellent "Lets Get Serious" EP, a much less belligerent batch of songs that captured the best qualities of the Jesus Lizard, the band signed to Vice and began a foray into the world of prog punk. "Things Are Strange" is a loud, expansive record of dense yet controlled rock'n'roll that isn't afraid to take risks. The thrashing free-jazz freak-out in the opening 30 seconds of "We Are Louder" is enough to convince any sceptic that the Panthers are for real. So when the song stretches out into an epic seven minutes of slow, building noise and guitar noodling with sudden bursts of feedback, droning sludge and a masterful solo, you realise that you are no longer in Kansas. Instead, you've just stepped into the court of the band's crimson kingdom.