Cardiff’s most riotous export is back. Panic Shack — the Welsh quintet who turned 2025 into their own personal victory lap with a Top 40 self-titled debut — have just dropped “Grin & Bear It,” their first new music since that record erupted onto the scene. And if you were worried that a year of touring with Bob Vylan, taping Later With… Jools Holland, and playing their biggest-ever headline shows at Brixton Electric might have softened the edges, this one will set you straight in about ten seconds flat.

Watch the official video here: https://www.youtube.com/@PanicShack

Produced by Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, Amyl & the Sniffers, Yard Act), “Grin & Bear It” is two-and-a-bit minutes of buzzsaw guitars, righteous fury, and vocalist Sarah Harvey tearing the rat race a new one. The lyrics were reportedly scribbled on a scrap of paper during a lonely 2023 nightshift — which tracks, because the song lands with the specific kind of venom you only get from someone watching the clock tick at 3 a.m. while their soul quietly leaves the building.

The track almost made it onto last year’s debut album but, in the band’s own words, “didn’t have enough grit — until now.” After reworking it in any spare hours they could scrape together around day jobs and gigs (extremely on-brand), they took it to Orton and, well, mission accomplished. It sounds massive.

The accompanying music video — premiering today — was shot entirely by the band on their recent German headline tour. Every graffitied wall, green room, and photogenic monument got pressed into service. “Went full method,” they joke. It’s a perfect distillation of the chaos and camaraderie that’s become Panic Shack’s calling card: five mates making playing in a band look like the most fun thing in the world, specifically because, as bassist Em Smith has pointed out, boys keep making it look so unattainable.

★ North America, Brace Yourselves ★

“Grin & Bear It” lands on the eve of Panic Shack’s first-ever North American headline tour, which kicks off June 9 at The Atlantis in Washington, DC and rolls through Boston, Philly, New York, Toronto, Chicago, Denver, the Pacific Northwest, and the Bay before wrapping June 29 at Zebulon in Los Angeles. They’ll be back stateside in September opening for The Sex Pistols on a run through Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, and the Northeast — culminating with a set at the legendary CBGB Festival in New York on September 26.

In between, they’re playing Summerfest, Green Man, Latitude, Boomtown, Down The Rabbit Hole, Meo Kalorama, and opening for Super Furry Animals in Llangollen. Calendar? Annihilated.

“We’re really excited to play ‘Grin & Bear It’ live this summer,” the band say. “It’s always a buzz to see how fans react to the songs — hopefully it’ll give people a release, where they can let loose with us and maybe even let out a big fat scream.”

Consider that an invitation. Grab tickets, find your nearest sweaty room, and go scream it out with one of the most genuinely exciting punk bands working right now.

Key 2026 Dates:
• June 9 — Washington, DC — The Atlantis
• June 13 — New York, NY — Mercury Lounge
• June 18 — Chicago, IL — Cobra Lounge
• June 19 — Milwaukee, WI — Summerfest
• June 29 — Los Angeles, CA — Zebulon
• July 26 — Southwold, UK — Latitude Festival
• August 23 — Crickhowell, UK — Green Man Festival
• September 11 — Dallas, TX — Longhorn Ballroom (w/ Sex Pistols)
• September 26 — New York, NY — CBGB Festival

“Grin & Bear It” is out now via Brace Yourself Records. Stream it, scream it, and don’t grin and bear anything you don’t have to.