watch Penelope Isles' "Round" video; North American tour starts soon
UK band Penelope Isles released their terrific debut album, Until the Tide Creeps In, back in July. Led by siblings Jack and Lily Wolter, they make jazzy, shoegazy indie rock that is at times complex but feels effortless, aided by lush harmonies and swelling arrangements. If you haven’t checked out the album you can stream it below.
The band have now made a video for “Round,” which was directed by Jack (who wrote the song, too) and features a tour through Penelope Isles’ hometown of Brighton via a blobby alien. “‘Round’ was the first song I wrote when I moved to Brighton a few years ago,” says Jack. “I wrote it on a Danelectro 12-string, which I had to sell to pay the rent. We played the song constantly when we first started gigging and ended up leaving it out of the set for a while. We revisited it, as it felt weird to not include it on this record. We made the video in Brighton on one of the hottest days of the year. It consists of footage of Lily, dressed in a large round blow-up suit that pulsates with bright psychedelic colors and floating images of the band. We had a laugh making this one!” The “Round” video premieres in this post and you can watch below.
Penelope Isles will soon be on their first-ever North American tour which includes a Brooklyn stop at Baby’s All Right on October 16 (tickets). That show, and a few other East Coast/Midwest dates are with TOLEDO. All dates are listed below.
The band also have their own web series, Penny Isles TV, that features life on tour, and other behind-the-scenes fun. You can watch the first two episodes — one of which was filmed in NYC back in March for the New Colossus Festival — below..
Penelope Isles – 2019 Tour Dates:
09/24/19 – Frankfurt, DE @ The Cave
09/25/19 – Dresden, DE @ Ostpol
09/26/19 – Leipzig, DE @ Nochbesserleben
09/29/19 – Karlsruhe, DE @ P8
10/13/19 – Washington, D.C. @ DC9 *
10/14/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts *
10/16/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right *
10/17/19 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott *
10/19/19 – Toronto, ON @ Baby G *
10/20/19 – Detroit, MI @ El Club *
10/21/19 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle *
10/22/19 – Minneapolis, MN @ Amsterdam *
10/24/19 – Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
10/25/19 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court Gallery
10/28/19 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
10/29/19 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
10/30/19 – Seattle, WA @ Croc Café
11/01/19 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
11/02/19 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues at the Voodoo Lounge
11/04/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
11/09/19 – Reykjavik, IS @ Iceland Airwaves
11/25/19 – Guildford, UK @ The Boileroom
11/26/19 – Cambridge, UK @ Portland Arms
11/27/19 – Oxford, UK @ The Jericho Tavern
11/28/19 – Leeds, UK @ Hyde Park Book Club
11/29/19 – Dublin, IRE @ Whelan’s
12/01/19 – Newcastle, UK @ Cluny 2
12/02/19 – Glasgow, UK @ Hug & Pint
12/03/19 – York, UK @ The Fulford Arms
12/04/19 – Leicester, UK @ The Cookie
12/05/19 – London, UK @ Oslo Hackney
12/06/19 – Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade Bristol
* with support from TOLEDO
