Panic (Circle album)

Panic is the twenty-sixth album by Finnish experimental rock band Circle.

It is one of the most idiosyncratic albums of Circle's long and varied career. It comprises eleven tracks: the first three are synth-based ambient music pieces; these are followed by six short punk songs; finally the last two tracks are the almost silent "Tunnel" and the 15-minute drone piece "And Far Away"^[1]. A sticker on the CD case describes the band as Finland Speed-Kraut Pioneers and refers to a list of obscure Finnish bands^[2]. Rather than their real names, the band are credited in the sleevenotes under pseudonyms: Jussi Lehtisalo is Junttura; Janne Westerlund is Sikiö; Tomi Leppänen is Mätky; and Mika Rättö is Klinga Präpierde^[3]. These alter-egos were used again for the 2011 EP Mylläri, which comprises four short punk songs in the style of the middle section of Panic.

Track list

1. "Black Tape" (5:41)
2. "State Powder" (3:41)
3. "Pigs In the Paper" (3:29)
4. "Neverending Dinner" (0:38)
5. "Good Day Rising" (0:59)
6. "Feed My Rabbit" (1:03)
7. "U.M.F.G. Horsemen" (1:25)
8. "We Must Breathe" (1:44)
9. "Misheritage" (1:09)
10. "Tunnel" (11:49)
11. "And Far Away" (14:04)

Personnel

• Jussi Lehtisalo
• Tomi Leppänen
• Mika Rättö
• Janne Westerlund

References