History of Panic, is the follow-up to the2008 EP Box It Up, which was named one of the top 10 local releases in the yearly roundups in the New Haven Register and New Haven Advocate. Recorded at Q Division Studios in Somerville,and Firehouse 12 in New Haven,the new record features collaborations with artists who have shaped their sound in one way or another –legendary drummer Dave Mattacks, Jon Auer and Matt Pynn (Dwight Yoakam, Miley Cyrus), as well as New England favorites Ed Valauskas (Juliana Hatfield,The GravelPit), Scott Janovitz (The Figgs, Graham Parker),Jen D’Angora (Jenny Dee & the Deelinquents, The Downbeat 5), Abbie Barrett, and Brendan Haley. Also on the album is drummer Jim Balga wh ogoes back to the early ’80s with Falcone, as membersof legendary New Haven pop combo The Excerpts (which also included Jon Brion).
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