:: The Panic Merchants

I’m looking for information about the Irish band The Panic Merchants. I want to listen to their music. How do they sound like? I only know the name as they were on a compilation I don’t own but I know of and that has many bands I like: “Comet LP Two”. On that compilation released in 1987 the band contributed the song “Retro”. This compilation released by Comet Records (COME 2 TP) included great bands like Cypress, Mine!, Azure Days or The Practical Householders. “Retro” was recorded at Slane Recording Studios in Navan with production and engineering by John Dee. But that wasn’t the only release by the band. In 1990 they put out a tape with 3 songs. It was self-released and was titled “Firewalking EP” and included the same tracks on both sides. These were “Stop Loving You”, “Ghost Town” and “Honeymoon”. But I am lucky. I was going to listen to some of their songs. Not from these releases but from a demo that the band recorded in 1986/87. There are three songs on that demo that we know,…