All of which was such tremendous fun we decided to repeat the experience for 2016
albeit without the beermats the second time around. Another 12 new releases by another 12 different acts have duly appeared over the past 12 months
and this flirty dozen has been corralled into a compilation called – wait for it – ‘fierce panda: singles ‘16’. Some of these tracks are debuts. Some are side projects. Virtually every song was embraced by the blogosphere and received bearplay from nice people like Huw Stephens and Steve Lamacq and John Kennedy. And all were carefully chosen for their pizazz
their panda panache and their way with a handsome melody.