Loose Panic began as the project of singer-songwriter-guitarist Jarret Crawford, and went through multiple stops and starts before fizzling out, as things did, over the pandemic. In 2022, Jarret put on his multi-instrumentalist hat, hired a drummer, and recorded a five-song EP at Cambridge Sound Studios in Philadelphia. The EP, titled In Hindsight, was engineered and produced by Todd Mecaughey and mixed by Jim Salamone. On the strength of In Hindsight, Jarret recruited local musicians Anthony Carlisi (bass), Liam Hare (drums), and Max Blauer (lead guitar, backing vocals) to bring to life a growing body of original music.

Loose Panic blends song-writing sensibilities inspired by folk and Americana with sonicscapes drawing from 90s and 2000s indie and alternative rock to create guitar-driven songs that alternately inspire both head-nodding and head-swaying. Woven into their songs are the complementary and opposing lyrical themes of loathing, loss, love, isolation, fury, and hope that permeate the ordinary and extraordinary state of 21st century existence. If you listen closely to Loose Panic’s songs, you’ll hear bits lovingly stolen from and inspired by artists such as Tori Amos, Arcade Fire, The Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles (duh), Beck, The Black Crowes, David Bowie, Phoebe Bridgers, Counting Crows, The Cure, Dinosaur Jr, Bob Dylan, The Flaming Lips, Ben Folds, Foo Fighters, Peter Gabriel, The Grateful Dead, Green Day, Jimi Hendrix, Jason Isbell, Jimmy Eat World, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Natalie Merchant, Van Morrison, My Morning Jacket, Willie Nelson, Nirvana, Outkast, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Prince, Radiohead, R.E.M., The Rolling Stones, Smashing Pumpkins, Bruce Springsteen, Sufjan Stevens, Stone Temple Pilots, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Shins, Tool, U2, The Who, Wilco, Lucinda Williams, Stevie Wonder, Pete Yorn, and, naturally, uncle Neil Young.

Loose Panic plays regularly on the legendary brick-backed stage of John and Peter’s in New Hope, PA, and have played across and in between the greater Philadelphia and New York areas, including Kung Fu Necktie (Philly), Silk City Diner (Philly), 118 North (Wayne, PA), Dharma Bums (New Hope, PA), Tin Can Bar (Philly), Crossroads (Garwood, NJ), and Brooklyn Music Kitchen (Brooklyn, NY). They’ve been proud to organize and join shows with such local artists as Adventure Lost, Jason Agers, Drift, Emospacebird, Fake Pockets, Katie Frank, Greg McGarvey Band, Hubbell Benson, Iceblynk, Lazy Acres, The Lights Beneath, Lions of West Texas, Renee Maskin & the Wilder Tide, OTC Collective, Path, Slow Noche, The Successful Failures, Teen Idle, Those Looks, Underlined Passages, Wesley David.

Loose Panic’s music has been featured on Philadelphia’s 88.5 WXPN’s Local show with John Vettese, BlowUpRadio with Lazlo, Bone Pool Radio with Donny Levit, and 107.7 The Bronc’s Bronc Rock show with Jack Jock. You can check out interviews about their songwriting style and process by BlowUpRadio, and hear an interview and performance on The Bronc.

Their music has been praised by folks such as WXPN’s John Vettese, who said of their debut EP, In Hindsight, “In Hindsight is an interesting set because half the EP sounds like the post grunge arena anthems of the 90s like Smashing Pumpkins, and then half is very alt-country, almost like Wilco’s Being There, so it’s very much like two different worlds, but very awesome at the same time.”

Loose Panic is currently gearing up to release their debut LP, Weightbearing, in summer 2026. The first single, The Cruelty is the Point, releases January 30, 2026.  

Check out www.loosepanic.com for information on the band, including upcoming shows, links to all social media, links to music on streaming platforms, music videos, and more.