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What a KILLER!!! THE PANIC BEATS is the singular chorded solo spawn of Michigan musician Dale Van Thomme, sounds like SPITS minus their wave touch, plus fast & raw RAMONES-style punk rock band with some MISFITS horror themes and a bad attitude!!! 14 songs, mastered by Dave Williams (STEVE ADAMYK BAND, CRUSADES, SEDATIVES etc). Michigan's not got a whole lot going for it these days, in an era of economic recession and a problematic auto industry, but hey, there's Dale VanThomme, also of The McFlys, and that counts for something. Basically takes on the roll of one man band for this debut LP release from The Panic Beats. Credited with handling the vocals as well as playing guitar, bass and drums, the self titled debut on Nightfighter Records, which was released July of this year, is a pretty bad ass slice of an even dozen pop punk tracks in the style of Teenage Bottlerocket/The Lillingtons with, of course, a very heavy Ramones influence present throughout. Lyrically, though, The Panic Beats take a much darker course, preferring to sing about the nastier side of life than to wax nostalgically about love lost and the girl that got away. Girls don't get away here, instead they're bound and gagged in the back of a car - or so says the second track. Like I said, they take a darker course. Other subjects covered on VanThomme's opus are radioactive mutations, alien invasions (there's that Lillingtons influence mentioned earlier), running from the law with blood on your hands, female hitchhikers and creepy voyeurism. It's all played about as fast as fast can be and plenty tight. As dark as it is lyrically, however, there's a sense of humor to it that makes it plenty listenable and just try to stop your foot from tapping once you've given it a few spins and you start to get familiar with it. Is this stuff fancy? Nope, not in the least and the production values are decidedly low-fi, but VanThomme's come up with some seriously catchy stuff to pump your fist and sing along to.
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