Penfield

One of the quirks in my musical taste is that I love the “60s sound” but really don’t like very much music from the period itself. I can’t really explain this at all beyond finding most music from that era pretty dull and irrelevant. I have much the same issue with “classic” films too, but I digress. Save a handful of Beach Boys, Bob Dylan and the such, the whole period leaves me pretty cold. Yet give me a contemporary band that produces a 60s type sound and I love it. I have no idea where that logic comes from, but it’s how it seems to work for me. I have far more bands of the past ten years recreating the sounds of the 60s than I do actual 60s music.

One such example of this is Penfield, a one man band (I know there’s three on the picture above, but playing everything live would be pretty tricky I imagine) from Canada, who seems to be described as a cross between The Beach Boys and Weezer. That actually fits perfectly as the songs seem to effortlessly blend the awesome sound of Weezer (Blue era, none of this Hash Pipe shit) with the kind of lyrics that wouldn’t seem out of place on a Beach Boys record. I think the appeal of the lyrics lies in their innocence, which is lacking in most music these. I’ll stop now though before I start sounding like the crazy old man shouting “it wasn’t like this in my day” while waving a walking stick in the air. Oh, and just to be clear, Penfield is the bald guy on the right.

MP3 Penfield – Pop Junkie Superstar

MP3 Penfield – Turn The Wheel
MP3 Penfield – Beyond The Age Of Cool

Pop Junkie Superstar is from his 2000 release of the same title, while Turn The Wheel and Beyond The Age Of Cool are from his second EP, also titled ‘Beyond The Age Of Cool’. You can pick up this piece of pop perfection from CD Baby, officially The Nicest Online Record Store around. Penfield’s third EP, ‘Come Get Some’, will be released later this year.