Demo by Panic Bodies

PANIC BODIES are snappy garage punk, little hints of classic punk melody (remember how OBSERVERS dropped the hooks in but still sounded punk as shit? Yeah…like that), super bright and guitar-driven power punk. Choice cut “After Hours” starts to veer into hard and steady dark punk territory, which I fully endorse. Sounds timeless…because, well, I suppose many of us have the time these days.

- MRR

From Toronto comes a solid demo of ’80s HXC sound and structure without being contrived. Gone are the shitty HXC shortcuts. There are a lot of clever riffs mined in a short runtime. The chorus of “Honest Ed’s” is driven by wicked East Bay Ray style-discordance. There’s a nice minimalist solo in play as well. “No Capital” gets trickier while maintaining a tinge of punks-at-the-beach vibe. “Sickly Spring” ends the tape with a slow number hovering in the arena of better early Dischord slow jams. Five songs and no clunkers. It sounds good without feeling overproduced. There’s a bit of Wipers in there as well. Really great demo for your boombox.

- Razorcake