Penguin Prison – A Funny Thing
via Paper Tissue
Neon Gold’s next target and now a Guardian Band of the Day (back off Paul Lester, we saw him first), Chris Glover aka. Penguin Prison stands out in the crowd as an electronic, gadget-based artist that won’t be shadowed out by a dying scene.
This is like a US version of Calvin Harris only with more integrity and brighter ideas. He compliments feel good vibes with really punchy rhythms and killer choruses. ‘A Funny Thing’ has a optimistic outlook above some pretty negative lyrics – “It can’t be done. It’s never done…” If ever bouncy dance-pop can be made to sound haunting (ok, maybe The Knife have already achieved this), Penguin Prison are capable of doing so.
Glover’s previously come desperately close to “making it”. He’s been signed to Interscope and one other label before, very recently infact. He’s made albums that have never ended coming out but now, under the praise of Girl Talk and with every blogger on the planet about to sing his praises, “make it” he will.
mp3 - A Funny Thing
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