“In this dark, I’m far from calm”, Tyson McVey of London duo PANES sadly, sweetly sings in “Dust Becomes”, a track from their taut self-titled debut EP, premiered on Dazed today. Her caramel vocals are aptly stormy – and much like those of her Mum Neneh Cherry – on the four tracks, where her bandmate Shaun Savage’s sensitive production finds a snare patter hitting as hard as a bass boom. With its contorted, low-end layers, it’s pop that’s as rigorous as it is irresistible.
PANES play ACE Hotel Shoreditch on June 5 and pre-order the album (available May 19) here.
