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The Panics (EP 1)

The Panics is the debut extended play by Australian alternative rock band, the Panics. It was released in January 2002 by littleBIGMAN Records.[1]

The Panics
A sepia-toned shot of a street scene. Two people standing in the middle on a footpath are partly obscured by the brightened image of the group's name. To the right is the side of a shop or a house with an advert on the brickwork. To the left is a roadway with cars parked, one of which has the driver's door open.
EP by
The Panics
ReleasedJanuary 2002 (2002-01)
Recorded2001
Studio
Genre
Length18:05
LabellittleBIGMAN
Producer
  • Steve Bond
  • Mark 'Sid' Eaton
  • Rob Grant
  • Adam Keane
The Panics chronology
The Panics
(2002) 		The Panics (EP 2)
(2002)

The EP did not reach the ARIA top 100, but peaked at No. 19 on the ARIA Hitseekers Singles chart.[2][3]

In 2002 the EP received a nomination and subsequently won the WAMi Award for Most Popular Local Original Single/EP.[4]

Two of its five tracks, "My Brilliant Career" and "Four Walls", were recorded by Adam Keane at Survival Studios, with strings recorded in Gooseberry Hill by a friend of Jae Laffer. "Give Me Some Good Luck" and "Wake Up" were recorded at Steve Bond's house in Highgate, Western Australia. The EP was then mastered at Poons Head in Fremantle by Rob Grant. The artwork of the cover was done by Drew Wootton.

"My Brilliant Career" and "Give Me Some Good Luck" enjoyed high rotation on Australian radio station Triple J and community radio stations around Australia.[5] The film clip for "Give Me Some Good Luck" was made by Nick Maher, and consists of footage from the band's performance at the Hyde Park Hotel in April 2002.

In April 2020, the EP was re-released to streaming media. Laffer said "I've just had a listen to this in full, probably for the first time since we made it (19 years ago!). Plenty of imagery comes flooding back with the music from the time we made this... I have good memories of using all the bedrooms of Steves place in Highgate and laying down 'Give Me Some Good Luck' and 'Wake Up' [with] housemates hanging about." Laffer added "The band sound great, really hungry, the vocals are nervous but sound good."[6]

Reception

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Richard Parapar of Oz Music Project reflected on the EP, saying "[they] have a clear UK indie pop sound and influences from bands such as Teenage Fanclub and The Verve are evident on their debut five track EP. Although consisting of mainly older material the EP does have good variation... Frontman Jae Laffer's laid back gentle vocals are a delight to hear and shows The Panics are a band to look out for this year."[7]

Track listing

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  1. "Give Me Some Good Luck" (Julian Grigor (a.k.a. Jules Douglas), Justin "Jae" Laffer, Paul Otway, Drew Wootton, Myles Wootton)[8] – 3:42
  2. "On Fire" (Laefer, D Wootton) – 1:26
  3. "My Brilliant Career" (Laefer, Simon Sieradzki, D Wootton, M Wooton) – 4:09
  4. "Wake Up" (Laefer, S Sieradzki, D Wootton, M Wooton) – 3:15
  5. "Four Walls" (Laefer, Otway, D Wooton, M Wooton) – 5:16

Release history

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Country Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia January 2002 CD littleBIGMAN little3
various 3 April 2020[9] streaming littleBIGMAN

References

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  1. ^ True, Chris. "Panics - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ^ Kellaghan, Ronan (25 February 2002). "Week Commencing ~ 25th February 2002 ~ Issue #626" (PDF). The ARIA Report (626). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 7, 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2002. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ^ Panics; Laffer, Jae (2001), The Panics, LittleBIGMAN records, retrieved 27 January 2018
  4. ^ "Archives – Kiss My WAMi '02". Western Australian Music Industry. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Band Profiles – The Panics". Western Australian Music Industry. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  6. ^ "The Panics EP1 circa 2002". Like What Management. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  7. ^ Parapar, Richard. "The Panics EP1 LittleBigman". Oz Music Project. Archived from the original on 6 August 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  8. ^ "'Give Me Some Good Luck' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 27 January 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' and/or 'Performer:'
  9. ^ "The Panics EP1 Circa 2002". Like What Management. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
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