Panda Riot – ‘Extra Cosmic’ [Album Review]

Chicago-based shoegaze/dream-pop outfit Panda Riot introduces their new album, Extra Cosmic, brimming with roiling guitars and vaporous vocals. Made up of Rebecca Scott (vocals, keyboards), Brian Cook (guitar), Brian Hilderbrand (drums), and Cory Osborne (bass), Panda Riot began life in Philadelphia at a bar, where Brain was debuting a short film. After releasing their first album, She Dares All Things, they moved to Chicago, where they released their second album, Northern Automatic Music, followed by their third, Infinity Maps. Comprising a baker’s dozen of tracks, highlights on Extra Cosmic include the title track, which opens on luminous, almost tinny tones, followed by moussing up to thick shoegaze textures topped by Rebecca’s dreamy voice, emanating timbres at once velvety yet delica...

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