PENGUIN CAFE - 'THE IMPERFECT SEA'

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• ERATP097LP - LP

  4050486113035

• ERATP097CD - CD

  4050486113059

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The iconic Penguin Cafe join the Erased Tapes family and open a brand new chapter to their unique world with new album The Imperfect Sea – out on Erased Tapes 5th May 2017. A penguin stands in the middle of a scorching desert, far away from its natural habitat. This mirrors composer Arthur Jeffes’ journey and exploration into a new musical territory. Penguin Cafe have evolved into something of their own at the hands of Arthur who started the band in 2009 with the continuation and homage to his father’s legacy, to the late Simon Jeffes’ Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Now, their upcoming album echoes reminiscent sounds that embrace the new. The album title refers to a saying by his father that “we wade in a sea of imperfections…”, reflecting upon the idea that beauty can be found amongst the chaos. “If there is a narrative to the album it’s coming to the acceptance of the imperfections in all aspects of life; moreover, the recognition that these imperfections and tiny randomnesses are in fact what make up the best parts”, Arthur explains. This has also been highlighted by the striking cover artwork designed by FELD under the art direction of label founder Robert Raths, resembling a lone figure adapting to and accepting its surrounding environment. Predominantly self-composed, the new album also features covers of electronic works by Simian Mobile Disco and Kraftwerk, along with a re-working of Simon's 'Now Nothing'. Arthur has developed from the traditional folk and jazz heritage Penguin Cafe Orchestra is known for into another realm of blissful ambience and dance music, recreated using strictly acoustic elements. “For this album I wanted to effect a departure from where we’d been up to now. The idea was to create a musical world that would feel familiar to an audience more used to dance records but stay true to our own values. So we replaced electronic layers with real instruments: pads with real string sections, synths with heavily-effected pianos, and atmospheric analogue drones with real feedback loops ringing through a stone and a piano soundboard.”

Tracks

1. Ricercar
2. Cantorum
3. Control 1 (Interlude)
4. Franz Schubert
5. Half Certainty
6. Protection
7. Rescue
8. Now Nothing (Rock Music)
9. Wheels within Wheels

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PREVIOUS PRESS

?An endlessly repeatable mood music masterpiece?
★★★★ ? Q Magazine

?Culturally omnivorous instrumentals of considerable elegance and ingenuity? ★★★★ ? Mojo

?The Penguins are back on top form? ★★★★ ? Daily Telegraph

?Arthur?s dad would be proud?
? The Independent

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TEACH ME - 'COLLECTER'

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• VOLAR50 - 7"

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Formed in Spring 2016, the trio that makes up TEACH ME, old friends JEREMY ROJAS, ANDREW MONTOYA, and TOMMY GARCIA came together in a flash, banging out six songs in a week for a friend’s birthday party (Cory Stiers of Mrs. Magician/Cults/Thrill Me Records). When BEN MOORE, producer extraordinaire behind all three Hot Snakes Records and other releases by the likes of Metz, Swami John Reis and the Blink Shake, Rocket from the Crypt, Pinback, and scores of others, happened to catch this first performance, he was immediately struck and invited the boys to come record in his studio soon, with two of those recordings, “Collector” and “Pup Pup,” making up this first release.

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HUSSY - 'VOLAR EP'

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• VOLAR43 - 7"

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Two songs each by BOBBY HUSSY and HEATHER HUSSY, "Be My Girl"/"Eventually" b/w "Appleseeds"/"Drum Roll Song", respectively. Part of Volar's Strange Mutations series.

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VARIOUS - 'UNDER THE COVERS VOL: 2 (A TRIBUTE TO THE NERVES)'

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• VOLAR08 - LP

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Under the Covers Vol. 2: A Tribute to Paul Collins, Peter Case, and Jack Lee (of the Nerves). A tribute to THE NERVES featuring a who’s who of the current indie scene’s finest. Includes tracks from GRASS WIDOW, READING RAINBOW, WHITE WIRES, HUNX & HIS PUNX, THE MANTLES, WHITE FENCE, AUDACITY, PERSONAL & THE PIZZAS, DAVILA 666, LE FACE, TIJUANA PANTHERS, SO COW, NEVEREVER, MOONHEARTS, SHARK TOYS, RATAS DEL VATICANO, FORGERY SERIES, and COWABUNGA BABES. Limited edition of 900 copies.

Tracks

A1--Grass Widow--Walking Out on Love
A2--Reading Rainbow--Stand Back and Take a Good Look
A3--White Wires--Letter to G
A4--Hunx and His Punx--When U Find Out
A5--The Mantles--A Million Miles Away
A6--White Fence--Gimme Some Time
A7--Audacity--Why Am I Lonely
A8--Personal and the Pizzas--Any Day Now
A9--Davila 666--Hanging on the Telephone

B1--Le Face--Paper Dolls
B2--Tijuana Panthers--One Way Ticket
B3--So Cow--Working Too Hard
B4--Neverever--Now
B5--The Moonhearts--I Need Your Love
B6--Shark Toys--I Don't Fit In
B7--Ratas del Vaticano--Are You Famous
B8--The Forgery Series--You Won't Be Happy
B9--Cowabunga Babes--Many Roads to Follow

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LAZY - 'SOFT SHEETS / DON'T DIE'

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• VOLAR42 - 7"

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Kansas City art-punks Lazy return with two more weirdo rippers following their Obsession LP on Moniker Records. Via Impose: “The band’s classic punk attitude—one part bratty, one part brainy, is rough around the edges, but supremely skilled. With a sound rooted in the ’80s, Lazy share a kindred spirit with the raw punk of fellow midwesterners Zero Boys, but also evoke the nuance of arty acts like Pylon.”

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DESTRUCTION UNIT - 'SONORAN'

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• VOLAR13 - LP

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Since this 2011 LP, the first that saw main man Ryan Rousseau push the band towards psych/space/kraut rock, the band have gone on to well-received albums on Jolly Dream and Sacred Bones and high praise from the likes of NME, Vice, and Rolling Stone. We love VOlar, they found a couple boxes of this for us!!

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