Panchiko Announce New Album Chimera Feat. billy woods, Mei Semones, Clarion, & More

One of the great lost media stories of the past decade is Panchiko, a band of British teenagers playing post-Radiohead alt-rock circa Y2K, whose one CD-R, 2000's self-released D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L, was plucked from obscurity and developed a very young, very online fanbase in the late 2010s. The members of Panchiko, who had long since moved on with their lives, learned about their cult following in 2020 and eventually reformed the band, releasing the comeback album Ginkgo in 2024. Now they've got another LP on deck.Chimera will be out in April. It finds Panchiko once again collaborating with billy woods, who graced the Gingko single "Shandy In The Graveyard," as well as Cotillon, Hugh Pascall, Korea Girl, Abby Sage, Lula Nova, and CJ's Mirra Maze. There are also two collaborations with Clarion and three with the young indie jazz-pop Artist To Watch Mei Semones, including lead single "One Car Hits Another," out today.Panchiko's Andy Wright offers some background on the song:I imagined a serene waltz of a car crash, whilst onlookers and soon-to-be roadkill alike all sing along watching the slow motion collision unfold. A hand shake, or a car crash, the matter...