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PACKS EC

Originally the solo project of Madeline Link, now backed by a full band, PACKS are gearing up to release their second album Crispy Crunchy Nothing next week, today releasing final single 'EC'. More mellow than the previous guitar driven slacker-rock singles, 'EC' is an acoustic and slide guitar number led by Link's distinctive voice and surreal lyricism, with a more stripped back tone that suits the more sombre subject matter: “The unexpected death of a coworker I had never met struck me like a brick wall,” bandleader Madeline Link said. “I had been in charge of packing up all of his electronic hardware and shipping it to him just months before. As I found myself preparing shipping labels for his mother to place on the boxes to send back, a lasting sadness set in…” Crispy Crunchy Nothing is set for release on the 31st of March on joint release from Fire Talk Records and Royal Mountain Records. Check out the video directed by Madeline and photographed by Graeme Link. -Toby Evans-Jesra

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