{"product_id":"here-3","title":"Here","description":"\u003cp\u003eMammoth Penguins are a 3-piece indie powerhouse, showcasing the songwriting and vocal talents of Emma Kupa (Standard Fare) backed up by the noisiest rhythm section in indie pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enow sees the release of their fourth album \u003ci\u003eHere\u003c\/i\u003e on Fika Recordings. After 2019’s big, bold and confident \u003ci\u003eThere’s No Fight We Can’t Both Win\u003c\/i\u003e, and the initial shock of the global pandemic cancelling a trip to SXSW in 2020, the band returned to the studio in the summer of 2021 to start recording.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new record leans into a raw pop-punk power-trio sound more than ever, with a deep growl in layered guitars and bursts of percussion and harmony. The songs and artwork explore themes about finding a place for yourself and familiarity with people and places. Although it turns back towards a classic three-piece sound, the band weren’t restricted by that palette, adding finishing touches of percussion, extra guitars and backing vocals in short bursts in a garden shed, and also bringing in gorgeous strings to sweeten the title track.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sound builds on the band’s first album, \u003ci\u003eHide and Seek\u003c\/i\u003e, which was released with the much-loved and sorely missed Fortuna POP! in 2015. The follow-up LP \u003ci\u003eJohn Doe\u003c\/i\u003e in 2017 was an ambitious concept album, exploring the feelings of loss and anger at a man who fakes his own death only to return years later, expanding well beyond the 3-piece rock‘n’roll template, with washes of strings, synths and samples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose big singalong choruses need your voice shouting back from the crowd with joy and defiance. Reminiscent of the pop melodies of The Beths, the indie dissonance of Land of Talk, and the guitar forward slacker rock of Weezer, Mammoth Penguins marry heart-ache indiepop with spiky guitars and Emma’s frank confessional songwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fika Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Orange LP","offer_id":50412760432971,"sku":"2182819","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50412756304203,"sku":"2182818","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Mammoth_Penguins__Here_019751c0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726668674","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/here-3","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}