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"Cruel Guards out now"


Australia

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Member Since4/4/2006
Band Websitethepanics.com.au
Band Members
Drew Wootton (guitars)
Paul Otway (bass,vocal)
Jules Douglas (piano,psychedelics,vocal)
Myles Wootton (drums,samples,vocal)
Jae Laffer (vocal,piano,acoustic guitar)

Pete Carroll (manager,choreographer)


Salford, Manchester 2005

Sounds Like
Cruel Guards 2007

Factory Girl (covers E.P) 2006


Sleeps Like A Curse 2005


Crack in the Wall 2004


A House On a Street in a Town I'm From 2003

Also in the Panics back catalogue-
Kid You're a Dreamer (single) 2003
E.P 2 2002
E.P1 2001
Record LabelDew Process / Universal
Type of LabelIndie





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Jul 12 2008 8:00P
RIVER FESTIVAL - TOWNSVILLE Queensland
Aug 3 2008 8:00P
SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS FESTIVAL New South Wales
Oct 4 2008 8:00P
THE GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL SYDNEY New South Wales

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THE PANICS – CRUEL GUARDS (out october '07) Notes by Polly Coufos

Sometimes you know an album is going to be great as soon as you hear the beginning of the first song. Think back to favourite albums and how they stood bold and proud from the first note, inviting you to fall in love with and daring you to not recognise its brilliance.

Get Us Home, the lead track from The Panics’ first album on Dew Process is one such song. It kicks off with a big drum roll and a soaring string section, invoking the spirit of The Beatles and classic Motown. Deliriously catchy, not quite dance, not quite pop, and totally infectious. Get Us Home is followed by nine other songs, including first single Don’t Fight It, that keep up the quality to the last note.

It’s been slow and steady build for The Panics. Since forming in Perth five years ago, big things have been predicted for the band. After being spotted playing in a pub by Happy Mondays’ Gaz Whelan and his business partner Pete Carroll, following The Mondays performance at The Big Day Out in 2000, they were signed to their UK/Australian littleBIGMAN records label.

The band released a stream of quality EPs and albums with littleBIGMAN, including A House On A Street In A Town I'm From, Crack In The Wall and Sleeps Like A Curse (2005) which was nominated for a prestigious J Award. The band went on to support Happy Mondays in the UK and recorded live performances for The BBC.

Jae Laffer is very satisfied with Cruel Guards and does not flinch at its up-front boldness and ambition. “I’m proud to be in a band that keeps getting better and that people take seriously. We didn’t take any silly shortcuts to get radio airplay. I’m glad we stuck our guns and stuck to the core values of what we are about. A really cool song should do the work for you.”

The album was completed at BJB studios in Sydney earlier this year. The basis of several of the tracks stem from home recordings the band put down in the house they share in Collingwood while further additions were made during sessions in New York City. The production chores were handled by the band and Scott Horscroft (The Sleepy Jackson, Silverchair) and mixed by Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave, Beth Orton).

At the heart of the beauty of Cruel Guards is its unmistakable Australianness. There is a sense of space and scale that speaks of only one country. Musically the link may not be obvious but there is the same sense of our wide brown land that runs through the best work of The Triffids, The Go Betweens and Nick Cave.

“They were onto a good thing and were never pop stars because of it but it showed the importance of embracing where you’re from and who you are,” Laffer says. “There aren’t obvious lyrical references to Australia in the lyrics, but we are proud to fly our flag and we’d like to carry on in the tradition of our favourite groups who went away but continued to identify with this country.”

The small label created the perfect nurturing environment The Panics (Laffer, Drew Wootton, Paul Otway, Julian Douglas and Myles Wootton) needed to improve their craft. Now they feel they are at a point where they can stand on any stage and look any sized audience in the eye and deliver. Dew Process is a natural fit with the major success they have been able to enjoy with the likes of Sarah Blasko, The Grates and Bernard Fanning.

“I’m really proud of everything we’ve done but I’d like this album to be instantly appealing. We want to be able to continue what we are doing but expand the audience,” Laffer explains.

The Panics are unique. They have been allowed to grow and blossom. And blossom they have. This bunch of songs has immediate appeal and lasting beauty.

“Hopefully it will make people raise an eyebrow. We didn’t want to just give Panics fans something they are used to. I’d rather people were surprised and hopefully see that there aren’t any other guitar groups in this country making records like this.”


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Wireless Bollinger





Jul 15 2008 11:29 PM

It has begun!
WB's Top 10 Bands to Watch 2008's first band has been announced

Congratulations to Sydneysiders
Cloud Control!

Read all about it at
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b.Rad!!!





Jul 15 2008 9:17 PM

i have a bit of a wierd story but its really good.
I work in fremantle and i had one of your songs stuck in my head all day and then on my lunch break i walked past a shop and one of your video clips was playing on a screen. and then as i was walking back to work jaye the leader of your band walked past me!!!
It was a rather panicful day i enjoyed it.
you guys are awesome cant wait to see you at splendour!
NaLas


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Jul 15 2008 7:17 AM

Thanks for the add!!
We are NaLas from JAPAN,TOKYO!! We love Garage and New wave music!! I hope you to listen our music!
hayley- [noun] - A person of questionable sanity


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Jul 15 2008 4:58 AM

hi guys
saw u at the river festival in townsville. on behalf of our lame little excuse for a city i'm sorry for the shocking turn out lol.

anyway ur fantastic live. its great to have awesome bands come to townsville as it happens RARELY!

hope u will return :)

cheers
DIAMOND EYE





Jul 15 2008 2:03 AM

Diamond Eye says thanks

Hey lads, thanks for adding us!! Hope u dig our tunes and drop by again soon! Keep up the good work!

Rock on...
Scott G. LaLonde Pt 2





Jul 13 2008 7:04 PM

All Myspace can you help a disabled brother out! I have Myspace disabled civil rights group link located below
http://groups. myspace. com/pt2disabledcivilrightslifeliberty
My goal is to make everyone in this country aware of med waiver community-based programs so we can have a choice on where we live. To help me spread the word could you put me in your top friends list please to let more people know about this travesty of injustice! Based on the Supreme Court Olmstead Decision 6-3 law. Also George W. Bush presidential Executive Order 13217.
matt





Jul 13 2008 6:54 PM

you guys were awesome in townsville
i got you to sign my converse
come back again
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Jul 11 2008 5:47 AM

Sorry that I keep spamming your myspace Jae with pictures of you, but goodness me your just so very photogenic!

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Jul 10 2008 3:59 AM

would you guys be coming to Vic anytime soon??

<3
AARON PATERSON





Jul 9 2008 9:09 PM

Please listen to my demos,
I'm from Melbourne, Australia
and I'm unsigned!

-Aaron
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Jul 7 2008 4:11 AM

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Jul 4 2008 9:30 PM

Hey guys!

Thanks for the add :)

90.7 SYN FM

Tune in Monday/Tuesday from 12am-2am

Thanks! - No More Silence
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Jul 4 2008 7:56 PM

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Jul 1 2008 3:06 AM

you music has not really hit Iraq yet.
Im sure they will go fucking mental for it.
miss ewe xo
M-Town





Jun 29 2008 2:26 AM

thanks for the add :)
love & respect

jj
Rosalee





Jun 25 2008 9:24 PM

can you get me into splendour please? i want to hear you
Joni





Jun 25 2008 1:28 AM

i'm just really wondering how you guys are.... it's been a long time! still working at the tote drew? is there ever going to be a european tour???? or did i just completely miss it? might come around to melbourne again early next year....

take care misters, xx Joni
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Jun 24 2008 12:28 AM

The Panics are playing The Great Escape!

Make sure you subscribe to the Great Escape mailing list by end of play this Thursday for exclusive pre-release ticketing offers!

www. thegreatescape. net. au
Tickets on sale Wed July 9th. All tickets include camping.
Art





Jun 23 2008 10:19 PM

right on boys. killer tunes.

keep on keepin on.
godrobot.





Jun 20 2008 7:38 PM

hey guys, we're massive fans, you guys were brilliant at falls, hope to see you again soon.

-love
Lori [Low-he].





Jun 19 2008 1:23 AM

Bi god, you guys are as HARD AS CORE...

and your song plays on the c.
d at where i work like all the time, bitchen
Lil Em : )





Jun 19 2008 1:19 AM

thanks 4 accpeting!! =)
i love use so much!!! lol i love ur song dont fight it..
so is this like actully use..or like a fan site??




=)





xxxxx
B. Braaaahhh. ♥





Jun 17 2008 9:38 PM

you guys are awsome :)
love the band the song and you guys to :)
lolies
cathcyaazz xx
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Jun 17 2008 12:24 AM

THANKS FOR THE FRIENDSHIP, THE "RUIN" IS AWESOME MUSIC,FLOW WITH THE TUNES, ENJOY LIFE.
SOL
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Jun 16 2008 9:36 PM

Word Homie
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Jun 16 2008 8:49 AM

Looking pretty under glass
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Jun 15 2008 10:41 PM

hey crew, if you be kickin around melbourne town this weekend.. x

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT...

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There's still tickets available but get in quick they're selling fast!!

How do I purchase tickets? There are three ways to purchase tickets for The East Brunswick Club - online via the East Brunswick Club website; by calling the venue’s Box Office on 03 9388 9794; or in person at the Box Office, located at 280 Lygon Street in East Brunswick. Box Office hours are Monday to Friday 12-7pm and Saturday 12-4pm.
Erika of America





Jun 15 2008 3:26 PM

Love, love, love you guys! Rockin' with your tunes around the world while I'm on tour with Whitesnake :-D
xx
Erika
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