{"id":38578,"date":"2023-03-02T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38578"},"modified":"2023-02-28T19:19:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T00:19:10","slug":"packs-share-new-single-brown-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38578","title":{"rendered":"PACKS share new single \u2018Brown Eyes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last month, the Toronto\/Ottawa band\u00a0PACKS\u00a0announced their sophomore LP\u00a0\u2018Crispy Crunchy Nothing,\u2019 which is set for release via\u00a0Fire Talk Records\u00a0on March 31st.\u00a0The follow up to their acclaimed 2021 debut\u00a0\u2018Take The Cake,\u2019\u00a0which earned accolades from outlets like\u00a0The FADER, Stereogum,\u00a0NYLON, Paste,\u00a0BrooklynVegan, NME, Gorilla vs Bear\u00a0and\u00a0Bandcamp,\u00a0who called the LP &#8220;<em>the sound of classic indie rock as delivered by a promising new voice<\/em>.&#8221; The album was announced with the single <a href=\"https:\/\/firetalkrecs.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5694861394877ae40d1c9a32c&amp;id=57cdb9af29&amp;e=ebf8659a9b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>4th of July<\/em><\/a>, which earned best of the week nods from outlets like\u00a0Uproxx,\u00a0Consequence\u00a0and\u00a0Alt Press\u00a0who called it &#8220;a delight&#8221;. Now, the band are sharing a second single from the album a track called <em>Brown Eyes<\/em>.\u00a0You can check out the video for <em>Brown Eyes<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v8oPZDZeG-4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PACKS&#8217; new LP\u00a0sharpens the laid back appeal of the band&#8217;s debut, displaying a newfound flair in its arrangement and production that heightens the subtle strangeness of leader Madeline Link&#8217;s songwriting. Where the album&#8217;s first single settled on a breezy, folk adjacent\u00a0sound, <em>Brown Eyes<\/em> is a burst of sludgy slacker rock that holds a low key sense of menace\u00a0beneath its sunny exterior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>I had lots of fun writing this song\u00a0because it\u2019s a simple rock song about falling in love disorientatingly hard and fast,&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>says Link<em>.\u00a0&#8220;Disorientationally? Disorientably? Love disorients me<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3BDD35C6-4267-4285-9E40-65FD828090C7.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3BDD35C6-4267-4285-9E40-65FD828090C7-1024x1024.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"PACKS Crispy Crunchy Nothing cover artwork \" class=\"wp-image-38581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3BDD35C6-4267-4285-9E40-65FD828090C7.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3BDD35C6-4267-4285-9E40-65FD828090C7.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3BDD35C6-4267-4285-9E40-65FD828090C7.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3BDD35C6-4267-4285-9E40-65FD828090C7.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3BDD35C6-4267-4285-9E40-65FD828090C7.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Crispy Crunchy Nothing\u2019 track list<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Cheese<br>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/firetalkrecs.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5694861394877ae40d1c9a32c&amp;id=c91743bc52&amp;e=ebf8659a9b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4th of July<\/a><br>3. Dishwater<br>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/firetalkrecs.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5694861394877ae40d1c9a32c&amp;id=530f9f3d48&amp;e=ebf8659a9b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abalone<\/a><br>5. Sunscreen + Epoxy<br>6.\u00a0Brown Eyes<br>7. Not the Same\u00a0<br>8. Late to the Festivities\u00a0<br>9. EC<br>10. Say My Name<br>11. Smallest One<br>12. Rag Doll<br>13. Laughing Til I Cry<br>14. Always Be a Kid\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pre Order:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/ffm.to\/packstheband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ffm.to\/packstheband<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Last month, the Toronto\/Ottawa band\u00a0PACKS\u00a0announced their sophomore LP\u00a0\u2018Crispy Crunchy Nothing,\u2019 which is set for release via\u00a0Fire Talk Records\u00a0on March 31st.\u00a0The follow up to their acclaimed <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38578\" title=\"PACKS share new single \u2018Brown Eyes\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[10960,10961,10137],"class_list":["post-38578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","tag-brown-eyes","tag-crispy-crunchy-nothing","tag-packs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2A1FCA07-4B3D-46A9-BCFB-7BCDF3C6B4C6.jpeg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-a2e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38810,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38810","url_meta":{"origin":38578,"position":0},"title":"PACKS share new single \u2018EC\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"PACKS\u00a0will be releasing their sophomore LP\u00a0\u2018Crispy Crunchy Nothing\u2019\u00a0via\u00a0Fire Talk Records on March 31. 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