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BILLY WOODS
(ARMAND HAMMER)
joins
PANCHIKO
for swirling trip-hop track
‘SHANDY IN THE GRAVEYARD’

Latest single from
new album
GINKGO
out April 4

VIA NETTWERK

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Photo – Adam Alonzo

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Praise for PANCHIKO

“a genuine sensation… a dose of dreamy art rock that kinda sounds like the more ethereal, trippy side of Radiohead, and it’s something that Panchiko do very well.” Brooklyn Vegan

“fiery” UPROXX

“If you’re in the market for atmospheric, Thom Yorke-esque music, “Ginkgo” is bound to become your next obsession.” Consequence

“a spaced-out reverie” Stereogum

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Today, Panchiko shares ‘Shandy in the Graveyard’, a new track featuring New York rapper billy woods (of Armand Hammer). This is the second single from Ginkgo, Panchiko’s new album due out April 4 via Nettwerk. It’s expansive and adventurous, Panchiko reigniting a youthful creative spark and lending it the perspective of maturity. LISTEN HERE + WATCH THE VIDEO HERE + PRE-SAVE GINKGO HERE.

Boasting a glitchy swing and prismatic synthesizer layers, ‘Shandy in the Graveyard’ is an exquisite collision of psych-pop melodies and trip-hop haze. billy woods’ verse sketches out a disintegrated love story: “She left a necklace and never retrieved it / I left a message meandering gently amidst our secrets / The clasp was broken but you know me / I tend to keep the pieces / Shards in shoeboxes still sharp.”

As 90s kids in the city of Nottingham, Panchiko played shows to nearly empty rooms and eventually set aside the hope of becoming full-time musicians to pursue other careers. That was true until 2020, after discovering that an internet user found Panchiko’s discarded 2000 demo CD, D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L, in a Nottingham charity shop, posted it to 4chan in 2016, and effectively made their long let-go-of dreams imperative to pursue.

With the new album, Panchiko rediscovers and expands upon its beloved sound. The original rawness and fine grit of the demo CD remain but with an even more varied palette. Across the record, we hear moments reminiscent of ELO’s electronic, chromatic playfulness, OK Computer-esque, brainy theatricality, and even bits of Rage Against The Machine’s hip-hop flow.

Fans at Brooklyn Vegan, Consequence, Fader, Uproxx, Stereogum, The Guardian, Bandcamp, and more have been fascinated by the band’s story and blown away by their sound. Over the past year, they’ve reached 90M streams on Spotify alone, with their following on the platform growing by 160k in the same amount of time; they’ve sold out major venues in NYC (Brooklyn Steel), Los Angeles (The Novo), DC (9:30 Club), and so many more – doubling the size of venue they play in the span of two years – with a major festival appearance at Levitation this fall. They just wrapped up a tour across the US, with more upcoming dates in the US / EU / UK in Spring 2025. More dates and details here.

Panchiko — now composed of original members Andy Wright (keyboardist and producer) and Owain Davies (vocalist and guitarist), alongside new members guitarist Robert Harris, bassist Shaun Ferreday, and drummer John Schofield — pursued their new path with vigor. Upon discovering their virality in 2020, they toured the world and wrote, recorded, and released their first album in 20+ years, 2023’s Failed At Maths. But after the thrill of the whirlwind came a new question. What comes next when your dreams come true? The answer is Ginkgo, a 13-track project that finds the band making some of their most introspective, cinematic, and moving music yet.

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‘Shandy in the Graveyard ft. billy woods’ is out now, listen here
Ginkgo is out April 4 here

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