PACKS Shares New Single "HFCS", New Album Arrives January 19th
In March, PACKS released Crispy Crunchy Nothing. The band's sophomore LP built on the momentum that had been sparked around the Madeline Link-led project with the release of their 2021 debut Take The Cake, earning comparisons to artists like Alex G, Vivian Girls, Pavement and Best Coast from publications like FADER, Stereogum, Consequence, Alt Press, Uproxx, FLOOD, Paste and BrooklynVegan. The album was an exciting step forward for the band and one that pushed their sound in some promising new directions.
PACKS announce their newest single "HFCS" from upcoming record Melt The Honey. "HFCS" comes with an accompanying video the band shot in Vegas during the band's recent tour w/Geese, and the punchy & shouty new track is an instantaneously catchy gem that clocks barely 2 minutes.
FADER says Melt the Honey "continues to build on the ambitious compositional heft found on Crispy Crunchy Nothing; here, Link discovers a new clarity" and Stereogum calls it "a warm and hazy piece of indie rock with some seriously slapdash ’90s style.” Listen now and if you live in the UK/Europe catch PACKS on tour w/Slow Pulp from November 29th.
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For PACKS, making a record isn’t a means to an end; the making of the record is a communal experience, bottled up for the public to hear. On third album Melt the Honey PACKS explores a state of contentment, even bliss, long elided. The self-produced record honors the unpretentious disaffection of the grunge movement and the inventive arrangements of Guided By Voices, whose prolific output has inspired PACKS since their inception. To make Melt the Honey, PACKS traveled to Mexico City, where Madeline Link had spent significant time as an artist-in-residence at Casa Lü. Over the course of 11 days, PACKS practiced new songs in a rented studio space. From there, they took a bus to Xalapa where they worked as artists-in-residence at a house known as Casa pulpo, an architectural feat removed from the bustle of city life. “The house has no straight lines, it puts you in a creative mindset,” Link says. Melt the Honey, is an outward-facing testament to the wonderfully strange details of daily life, vividly rendered by a songwriter who knows they’re worthy of reverence. Out January 19th on Fire Talk.
*This is a pre order and will ship on or before the January 19th release date.
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For PACKS, making a record isn’t a means to an end; the making of the record is a communal experience, bottled up for the public to hear. On third album Melt the Honey PACKS explores a state of contentment, even bliss, long elided. The self-produced record honors the unpretentious disaffection of the grunge movement and the inventive arrangements of Guided By Voices, whose prolific output has inspired PACKS since their inception. To make Melt the Honey, PACKS traveled to Mexico City, where Madeline Link had spent significant time as an artist-in-residence at Casa Lü. Over the course of 11 days, PACKS practiced new songs in a rented studio space. From there, they took a bus to Xalapa where they worked as artists-in-residence at a house known as Casa pulpo, an architectural feat removed from the bustle of city life. “The house has no straight lines, it puts you in a creative mindset,” Link says. Melt the Honey, is an outward-facing testament to the wonderfully strange details of daily life, vividly rendered by a songwriter who knows they’re worthy of reverence. Out January 19th on Fire Talk.
*This is a pre order item and will ship on or before the January 19th release date.