Peel Dream Magazine “Moral Panics” 12” EP (2020)

Details: Peel Dream Magazine “Moral Panics” 12” EP. Eight tracks with two previously unreleased tracks released on Slumberland Records and Tough Love Records. New stock, sealed. Hype sticker on front. Creamsicle color vinyl.

Description: “NYC's Peel Dream Magazine dazzled listeners with their recent release "Agitprop Alterna," a smart album that draws from a wide set of post-punk, shoegaze and indiepop influences but still has an assured, unique sound. Now they're following up with "Moral Panics," a companion EP that features unreleased songs from the "Agitprop Alterna" sessions. Far from being outtakes, these are all songs that stand strong on their own, and gathered together function as a useful corollary to the album. 

The EP's title comes from Stanley Cohen's "Folk Devils and Moral Panics," a pivotal study of the media treatment of the mod movement and the poltical, societal and cultural faultlines that the media panic embodied -- it's a reference that's quite revealing about some of the ideas behind Peel Dream. Songs like "New Culture," "Verfremdungseffekt" and "Life At The Movies" continue PDM's investigations into those frought areas where art, culture and commerce meet, and the EP as a whole comprises a crucial piece of the Peel Dream discography.”

Grade: M (new stock)

TRACK LISTING SIDE A:

A1. New Culture 
A2. Verfremdungseflekt
A3. Dialectrics 
A4. Through You
A5. Life At The Movies

TRACK LISTING SIDE B:

B1. Geodesic Dome
B2. The Furthest Nearby Place
B3. Clean Water (Demo)