Woodward Theater Presents:
PANCHIKO
w/ Glixen
Date: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
Time: Doors at 7PM, Show at 8PM
Venue: The Woodward Theater | 1404 Main St., Cincinnati, OH 45202 | (513) 345-7981 | news@woodwardtheater.com
Ages 16+
(Under 16 are allowed w/ a paid ticket and accompanied by a legal guardian.)
Information / Tickets: https://www.
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About PANCHIKO:
Panchiko is beginning to settle into rockstar life. It’s different from how the UK band imagined it when they were teens, crafting ethereal, at times cosmic bits of heart-forward rock music to little outside interest, playing shows to nearly empty rooms. But that all changed in 2016 when an internet user discovered Panchiko’s discarded 2000 demo CD, D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L, in a Nottingham charity shop and posted it to 4chan to intrigue and fanfare.
Panchiko — which reformed in 2021 with original members Andy Wright (keyboardist and producer), Owain Davies (vocalist and guitarist), and Shaun Ferreday (bassist) alongside new members Robert Harris (guitarist) and John Schofield (drummer) — pursued their new path with vigor. Upon discovering their own virality in 2020, they toured the world and wrote, recorded, and released their first album in 20+ years, 2023’s Failed At Maths. But after the thrill of the whirlwind came a new question. What comes next when your dreams come true? The answer is Ginkgo, a 13-track project that finds the band making some of their most introspective, cinematic, and moving music yet.
They were finally able to quit their day jobs and dedicate themselves to music full-time, which changed their process completely. Plus, the band got their own studio in Nottingham, which they refer to as their “teenage dream.” With time and space, making Ginkgo became a very different, slower process than the creation of Failed at Maths.
Panchiko was beginning to craft music that reflected their current, more adult reality, like on “Lifestyle Trainers,” a drifty swirl of guitar plucks and synth pads that finds the band reflecting on the winding road of long term commitment. But even as Panchiko explored the particulars of middle age, the teenage versions of themselves (the versions that wrote D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L) were still floating in their minds, especially given the fact that Panchiko’s fans skew younger themselves. That’s clear on album standout “Shandy In The Graveyard” (featuring Billy Woods) which Davies shares “came from [him] reconnecting with the feeling of being the age of the audience that comes to see [them].” That youthful spirit can be felt in the song’s sonic world, as its production genre shifts between trip-hop and orchestral folk.
The same wrenching honesty that attracted legions of fans to their teenage demos is the same truthful ethos that keeps them listening to new material. That full-hearted ethos may be most audible on the title track, “Ginkgo.” A rumination on the limits of control, collaboration, and fate, the song is an apt meditation for a band whose resurgence came about through a mix of luck, artistry, and then clear-eyed energy. They couldn’t “command the leaves to fall” when they were teens trudging up the improbable hill of rock star success, and they still can’t. But like the Ginkgo tree itself, their roots grow deep, which makes the going all the easier.
CHECK OUT "Gingko" live on Late Night w/ Stephen Colbert: https://www.youtube.
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About GLIXEN:
Arriving as a standout group in the current American shoegaze renaissance, the Phoenix four-piece transcend all expectations of what the genre should currently look and sound like.
The band creates a profoundly heavy sonic experience with their music, paying respects to their predecessors but resulting in something completely modern. an amalgamation of influences like Björk, My Bloody Valentine, Godflesh, t.a.t.u, and Hum, their sound crawls with intensity and introspection to contrast lead singer Aislinn Ritchie’s lulling vocals.
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MORE ABOUT:
PANCHIKO:
Bandcamp: https://panchiko.
Facebook: https://www.
Instagram: https://www.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.
GLIXEN: https://www.instagram.com/