GoGo Penguin – Queen City Sounds and Art

The Lively and Dynamic Layers of GoGo Penguin’s “Saturnine” is a Fascinating Contrast With the Imagery of the Song’s Title

GoGo Penguin’s “Saturnine” is neither slow nor gloomy. Perhaps the meaning of the word mysterious is better. But no, its upbeat rhythms and lively piano melody with finely accented bass has an energy that propels the song forward. Throughout the song each component of the instrumentation plays off each other taking on the role of carrier of rhythm, of accenting that rhythm and in the case of piano and bass offering an unconventional countermelody that frames the percussive melody underlying that emerges to prominence as the rest of the instrumentation drops out. Its a style of composition that provides dynamic contrast that gives this instrumental track and the group’s other material a distinctive character and expressive personality that conveys a complexity of emotion that something more spare and minimal and less layered would not. Listen to “Saturnine” on YouTube and follow GoGo Penguin at the links below.

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GoGo Penguin Orchestrates Tone, Rhythm and Mood to Convey Achieving Clarity and Closure on “Glimmerings”

GoGo Penguin’s “Glimmerings” begins as the name suggests with a faint, sub-ambient stirring of sounds that blooms into a finely accented bass line arpeggio and percussion shuffle over a slowly unfolding, background synth wash. When the piano comes in to provide a structured melody with a sense of urgency it’s like all the elements combine to heighten a sense of emotional cleansing through rigorous and intricate expressions of pure feeling. The complimentary tonal motion and collective mood conveys a strong sense of coming to a realization after mulling over disparate thoughts and feelings for a sense of uplift and clarity. Listen to “Glimmerings” on YouTube and follow the UK trio at the links provided.

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GoGo Penguin’s “Badeep” is a Fast Track Post-rock Jazz Glimpse Into a More Emotionally Elegant Future

The gently percussive guitar melody that opens GoGo Penguin’s “Badeep” is the perfect intro into the elegant piano composition to follow. The introspective piano figure evolves into urgent passages that parallel the increase in pace of the percussion and then the introduction of muted horns. The effect is like a fusion of post-rock sensibilities and jazz arrangements of cinematic scope suggesting sweeping movement toward a future time when the angst of the present has melted away and there is ample time to delve into the fine nuances of our emotional lives and inner aspirations and dreams as carried along by the energy many of us have had to channel into mere survival and staving off the despair that comes from having to carry the weight of so many challenges to daily life from which we’ve had little to no reprieve for years. This song imagines that future time and thus suggests we can create that space for ourselves in the present as a precursor to better times. Watch the visualizer for “Badeep” on YouTube and connect with GoGo Penguin at the links below.