View basket “Moon Faced and Starry Eyed” has been added to your basket. A Humdrum Star Gogo Penguin SKU: 6716430 Barcode: 602567164302 25.00 £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Released Date: 7th February 2018 Buying Format: 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Different worlds have always collided in the sound of GoGo Penguin. The Manchester-based trio conjure richly atmospheric music that draws from their shared love of electronica, their grounding in classical conservatoires and jazz ensembles alongside indie bands, and a merging of acoustic and electronic techniques. A Humdrum Star builds on the heady momentum of its acclaimed predecessors – the 2014 Mercury Prize-nominated V2.0 and their 2016 Blue Note debut Man Made Object – and transports it to new realms. “I think we felt even more liberated on this album – and I think there’s more of each of us on it,” says bassist Nick Blacka. Their latest material reveals both native turf and far-flung influences. They evoke the symbiotic flow between Nick, pianist Chris Illingworth, and drummer Rob Turner, as well as their seasoned relationship with producer and sound engineer Joe Reiser (credited as the “fourth member” of GGP, both on tour and in the studio) and co-producer Brendan Williams. As with previous albums, these tracks stemmed from a love of electronic music, whether collectively developed from “sketches” written by Rob on DJ/producer tech including Logic and Ableton, or composed on the bass or at the piano. That electro-acoustic tension pulses throughout the new album. There is poetry and precision in GoGo Penguin’s new work – and intimacy and vastness. Their titles tend to speak volumes, in tandem with their evocative instrumentals. They’d actually completed the new album’s track-listing before settling on the name for A Humdrum Star – yet it captures a distinctive tone. It’s taken from a quote by American astrophysicist Carl Sagan from his 1980 TV series Cosmos: “Who are we? 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