PACKS Share "Hold My Hand" Ahead of "Take The Cake" Release
PACKS debut LP Take The Cake, is out this Friday and today the band are sharing a final single from the album, a track called "Hold My Hand" that premiered this morning on Matt Wilkinson's Apple Music 1 show.
Maddie says: "This song is your average semi-country-western inspired heartache pop ballad that’s driven by a story. I had cut my forehead in a frantic search for stolen money, panicked in a parking lot, heard the drippy crooning of a bad band practicing somewhere in the distance, and to top it all off, I was doored while biking. Being alone and blue, I did what any rational hopeless romantic would do: implore my lover from a faraway land to fly to me so he could hold my hand. "
The single arrives on the heels of three earlier album tracks from the band, "Silvertongue," "Two Hands" and "New TV," which have generated buzz in the press, with FADER comparing their "reluctantly anthemic slacker rock" to Pavement and Speedy Ortiz, while Stereogum, Exclaim and So Young drew parallels to Sonic Youth and Best Coast, as further praise has come in from outlets like NPR, NYLON, BrooklynVegan, Gorilla vs Bear and Paste. In keeping with PACKS usual approach, the track is short and sweet at 1:30, but is full to the brim with musical ideas in a way that exemplifies the band's appeal. It's slacker rock that's meticulously constructed in a way that belies how effortless PACKS music feels, and leader Madeline Link's laconic delivery is offset by her acrobatic range which is on full display on this latest single.
