Pangs (band)
PANGS are an electropunk group formed in 2015 in Nashville.
Background[edit]
PANGS (formerly NUDITY) was begun as a recording project in early 2015 by members Lindsay and Nick Bennett and Will Reiss. Their first release in June 2015, "Already Dead" b/w a cover of Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World" earned praise in NME (25 July 2015) where they were named Buzz Band of the Week.[1] Releasing subsequent singles and performing throughout 2015 and 2016 resulted in interviews and reviews by DIY[2] and Impose Magazine.[3]
PANGS' song "RUBICON" appears in "The Friend Connection" episode of MTV series Awkward.[4]
In February 2017 PANGS provided the main theme song, "ARMS CTRL," for the E! network's tv series So Cosmo.[5]
In April 2017 PANGS guitarist and producer, Nick Bennett, began touring with Neil Diamond as guitarist for Diamond's 50th Anniversary World Tour.[6] [7]
Discography[edit]
- "Already Dead"/"Whole Wide World" (2015) - self-released digital single
- "Audio/Visual" (2016) - self-released digital single
- "Rubicon" (2016) - self-released digital single
- "Killing Kind" (2016) - self-released digital single
- "Busy Signals" (2016) - self-released digital single
- "Cannonball" (2016) - self-released digital single
- "Supernatty" (2016) - self-released digital single
- "Do Better" (2016) - self-released digital single
- "Arms Ctrl" (2017) - self-released digital single
- "Next to Me" (2017) - self-released digital single
- "Vanishing Point EP" (2017) - self-released digital ep
References[edit]
- ^ Wilkinson, Matt (25 July 2015). "NME Radar". NME.
- ^ Milton, Jamie (June 2016). "The Neu Bulletin". DIY Magazine. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ Gompers, Sjimon. "Week In Pop". Impose Magazine. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ Jantz, Ryan. "Music from Awkward: Season 5, Episode 15". MTV Soundtrack. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Gompers, Sjimon. "Week In Pop". Impose Magazine. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ Saval, Malina (13 August 2017). "Neil Diamond Sparkles for 50th Anniversary Stop at the Forum". Variety. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ Quintelier, Henk. "Nick Bennett in the Neil Diamond band 2017". Nick Bennett Fansite. Retrieved 22 December 2016.