PANIK FLOWER – New York Collective Send Shivers Down Your Spine With The Horrific Title Track Of Their Brand New ‘REARVIEW’ EP
2 May 2025
Press photo by Ivan Alexander
Band: PANIK FLOWER
Who: Dream pop team band that materialized within the New York music scene in 2023. With a majority of the band’s members being native New Yorkers, their music is deeply reflective of the push and pull of their city, pairing atmospheric soundscapes with a restrained use of well-time punchiness.
Track: REARVIEW
Title piece of their brand new 2nd EP, containing
6 mindboggling psych rock jams.
Max Baird (bassist) about the EP: “This EP felt like a lot of us finding ourselves as a band,
our sound and how we perform. Sage’s spoken word has become such an important part of that and we really wanted to explore it in this project.
It contributes a lot to the push-pull dynamic of our music, often adding another rhythmic element on top of an already lush, sonic landscape. Many of the bones of these tracks were brought to us by our drummer Marco, who was our missing piece up until early last year.”
EP Artwork
TUTV: On the EP’s title track Panik Flower take you on an uncanny rollercoaster
trip from the kick-off. The ever-growing tension explodes around the 2-minute
mark when layers of blood-curdling guitar riffs take over and blow your mind for
the remaining, horrific three minutes.
Shivers roll down your spine. Sage Leopold‘
soul-stirring vocals suddenly get buried in the suffocating storm. Wowzers.
Overwhelming helter-skelter electricity. Vicious, they hit you with a flower.
Director Harleigh Shaw about the video clip: “We wanted to capture the exhaustion
and horror of being your own worst enemy and this idea of running from yourself. I was
very inspired by David Lynch’s films, especially because we conceptualized and shot the
video right after he passed away.
From an editing perspective, ‘Natural Born Killers’ was a big reference with the way it utilizes saturated colors and frenetic editing. We leaned into chaotic cuts and playing with speed, all which contributed to heightening the drama of vocalist Sage running from herself.”
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