ABOUT PANCHIKO:
Panchiko’s story began in Nottingham in the late ’90s, when four teenage friends combined Britpop influences with home recording, video games, and anime to create their debut album, D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L. After gaining a little momentum, the band eventually faded into obscurity—until a fan discovered a copy of the album in a local charity shop 16 years later, setting off an online search that ultimately tracked down the group and sparked their reunion. Since then, Panchiko have toured the world and released Failed at Math(s) (2023) and Ginkgo (2025), evolving from a long-lost cult discovery into a full-time band. Their third album since reuniting, Chimera, out April 9, 2027, finds the band looking forward rather than backward. The songs move between pensive balladry and bounding hip-hop, racing shoegaze and springtime pop, with contributions from friends including billy woods, Mei Semones, Korea Girl, Abby Sage, Cotillon, Mirra Maze, Hugh Pascall, and Clarion’s Saya Oliva. Across these shifting sounds, Chimera finds Panchiko exploring who they want to become, balancing the excitement of the present with the uncertainty about what lies ahead. It’s a record that embraces new possibilities while holding onto the unconventional spirit that started it all.
Panchiko is Andy Wright (keyboardist and producer), Owain Davies (vocalist and guitarist), and Shaun Ferreday (bassist), alongside Robert Harris (guitarist) and Jon Nellen (drummer).
ABOUT SHE’S GREEN:
Minneapolis band she’s green describe themselves as “moss music”. Inspired as much by J.R.R. Tolkien and Hayao Miyazaki as by Slowdive and the Cocteau Twins, the band — consisting of Liam Armstrong, Zofia Smith, Raines Lucas, Kevin Seebeck and Teddy Nordvold — aim to create their own musical and visual world defined by dreamy fantasy, emotional openness and sonic depth. In 2023 she’s green released their debut EP, Wisteria, which included the viral hit “Mandy,” and in 2025 they released the follow-up EP, Chrysalis. It builds on the shimmering shoegaze and dream-pop of Wisteria, with ever more irresistible melodies and deeper songcraft. “We wanted to expand the scope of what we did with the first EP, and see how far we could push either side of the music — whether it’s harsh and jarring or it’s inviting and warm,” Armstrong says. And as they win over fans everywhere they go with their authentic, loving approach to their sound, it’s clear that this huge year for she’s green is only the beginning.