Name: D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L
Brand: Panchiko

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

PANCHIKO1

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Colour

blue

Colour details

Clear Blue

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-03-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

SOR - DO NOT USE

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / blue

Artist

Panchiko

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

No Label

On July 21st, 2016, a user on 4chan’s /mu/ board posted a photo of a mysterious CD they’d found at a record store in Nottingham, UK: a rough-worn demo titled D&gt;E&gt;A&gt;T&gt;H&gt;M&gt;E&gt;T&gt;A&gt;L, purportedly released in 2000 by four musicians: Owain, Andy, Shaun, and John (their last names have purposefully omitted in this story; more on that later). The listener uploaded the ripped audio—the recordings sounded like they were plagued with disc rot—to file-sharing sites, and later YouTube, where they began circulating among internet music circles. The record’s sensationalist appeal was multifold. Was this an honest-to-God ’90s curio? A prank hatched by internet-savvy teens? An internet experiment in nostalgia, in the spirit of vaporwave? Nobody knew. So the Panchiko hive mobilized, gathering on subreddits and discord servers, examining every square inch of the packaging for potential clues, and even calling the Nottingham record store where D&gt;E&gt;A&gt;T&gt;H&gt;M&gt;E&gt;T&gt;A&gt;L had allegedly sprung up in the first place. It wasn’t long before the internet detectives showed up on their door—or rather, in their inbox. “I woke up one day,” recounts Owain, “and ping—there’s a message on a defunct Facebook page of mine, with some music, that I hadn’t updated in nine years: ‘Hello, you’ll probably never read this, but are you the lead singer of Panchiko?’” The query took Owain by shock; to his and Andy’s knowledge, D&gt;E&gt;A&gt;T&gt;H&gt;M&gt;E&gt;T&gt;A&gt;L&gt; had never been uploaded to the internet. The Panchiko fandom finally made contact the following day, when they received their reply from Owain, a simple “Yeah.” At last, the world had confirmation: not only were Panchiko not 14-year-old kids, they were the real deal, right down to the tape rot.

D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L

Music GB