PACKS Longsleeve

PACKS LongsleeveFor PACKS, making a record isnt 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

So I put most of these tunes together with just a guitar

The three poignant songs feature DJ Python’s immersive

between living life to the fullest and feeling like you’re wasting your time

played over production that aims to be noisy and weird like Deerhoof or Sheer Mag

‘Fairy Rust’

Laura Branigan belting “Gloria” beneath a sea of disco balls

Recorded straight to tape Dougie approached this record as it came to him

is dinger's blank canvas

What binds Upchuck together is a purity of intention

At its core

but the trio still possess a very obvious anchor in the form of their hometown

a nod to drummer Shiraz Bhatti’s Pakistani heritage