KEEP FLYING / DON'T PANIC

Keep Flying:

Keep Flying is an alternative pop punk band with members from NJ, NY, & PA. The band rose from the ashes from some of the members former band Survay Says! had broken up. They are currently signed to SmartPunk Records.

Don't Panic:

The Poconos region in Pennsylvania is better known for heart-shaped tubs at honeymoon resorts, relaxing vacations and skiing than producing raucous punk bands. But pop-punk quartet Don’t Panic are addressing the balance with a catchy power pop punk sound that they describe as making them “your favourite band you’ve never heard of.”

The quartet of Ted Felicetti (vocals and guitar), Keith Slader (bass), AJ Larsen (guitar) and Anthony Paesano (drums) originally started out in 2009 and toured with The Ataris when a short break in 2011 ended up turning into a eight-year hiatus. That was until Ted was convinced back into the music scene by a rather famous friend.

As he tells us: “Two years ago my friend Jaret from the band Bowling for Soup heard our music and convinced me to start the band back up, so we did… right about the time the pandemic started!”

Regardless, the band set about recording their first full length See Through It All and released it in November, then immediately started work on their second album.

Our first taster from this is new single Woe I, which was released earlier this month. It opens up with a cool little riff and driving drums, which drop into verse of engaging vocals over stabbing guitars. That flows into a faster chorus of “Don’t blame me it’s my addictive personality, You can’t see it’s not what I want but what I need, I, Woe I,” which ends with a blast of punky guitars.

Second time around, the chorus extends and develops into a more melodic, laid-back section, which drops into a couple of choruses then repeats of “Woe I” over lively guitars bring the track to a close.