Panda Riot

Dream poppers Panda Riot are hard at work inside a recording studio, creating a followup to last year’s Far and Near EP. This weekend, the group unveiled a new demo called “Serious Radical Girls” that is pure spacey, shoegaze pop goodness.

It’s hard not to hear “Soon” by legends My Bloody Valentine bubbling underneath the surface due to a persistent guitar work buzzing and echoing in and out of the track. However, “Serious Radical Girls” doesn’t share the above mentioned MBV track’s same upbeat and bouncy disposition. The song is a bit darker, and much sweeter thanks to singer Rebecca Scott’s haunting harmonies.

If the rest of the new album is as promising as “Serious Radical Girls,” we could all be in for a treat.

Panda Riot plays The Viaduct Theater on Saturday, October 8 with Great Society Mind Destroyers. Tickets are $8.