Track Of The Day :: Panic Attack - Who's Got My Lighter?

Credit: Elijah Thomas

Words: Ellie Ward 

Cardiff's Panic Shack are lighting up to celebrate the release of their debut single, 'Who's Got My Lighter?', which is out now digitally via Brace Yourself Records.

It may not sit well with the anti-smoking brigade, being effectively an homage to the practice now universally frowned upon, and of smoking accessories, like the lighter in this case.

"Who’s got my lighter / I’m gonna fight ya / It was a clipper / I’m gonna clip ya / Don’t tell me how to roll / This is how I roll, this is how I roll / If it’s smoke-able / Then it’s smoke-able," blasts out Sarah Harvey, as the fast-paced track - recorded by Tom Rees of Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard - spews out a raft of punk energy and abandonment.

Harvey describes the idea behind the lyrics as follows:

"It was payday, I had just treated myself to a fresh pouch of baccy, lovely. I met the gals at the pub and started rolling, there's a lot of anticipation. A passerby stops and asks to roll a ciggie… yep, no problem, here you go. I passed over the entire pouch of baccy to this increasingly shifty-looking woman. She didn't just go for a pinch, she goes for a full fist grasp on at least 25G and scarpers. She’s pegging it down the road, I start screaming ‘OH! GIVE ME MY BACCY BACK!’ After I have a few moments to cool off I have to look on the bright side... the sun is shining, I just got paid, and I'm at the pub with my best mates. I realise there’s more to life than baccy..."

Check out the track via the accompanying video, directed by Edwin Burdis, below.



Live dates

FEBRUARY
28 Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach

MARCH
28 Cardiff, G39 (Year of the Rat Closing Party)
29 Newport, Le Pub
31 Wrexham. Undegun

APRIL
10 Cardiff, The Gate (Wales Goes Pop! 2020)

MAY
07 Wrexham, Focus Wales Festival