RIP: Lost Penguin split
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New Cross's lo-fi heroes Lost Penguin call it a day with their 100th gig next Monday, 1st October at Catch 22 on Kingsland Road in Shoreditch.
Matt, Kevin and Charleigh Blue were drawn together in early 2006 by their 'joint experiences of being hated' and became a big hit with punk kids and new ravers alike, releasing two much loved singles, touring Europe and supporting the mighty Klaxons at their christmas shows at the end of last year.
Despite this the band were critically mauled, with Time Out magazine in London running a near two-year hate campaign against them, infamously referring to the band as "talentless pricks".
Lead screamer Kevin Soar is moving to New York next month, leaving behind a sea of split ear drums and glowsticks, and breaking the hearts of thousands of teenagers on MySpace.
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My window wasn't very big
And on one line I saw "Lost P" and on the next line I saw "split". I immediately thought "Could it be...?"
With hopeful anticipation I widened my window size.
Damn.
I thought they broke up
in May??
every day on DiS
there's a new bit of news about some band i've never heard of splitting up
does anyone care?
I care.
I've never heard of any of the music you listen too!
tis a shame
I loved the singles and having not previously had the opportunity to see them live Ill be at that last gig for sure.
Dont really get the hatred though, Huggy Bear informed Bass driven boy/girl Lo-fi No Wave, whats not to like?
..
A lack of commas perhaps
maybe their records are different from their shows...
when i saw them in oxford, they were easily the most shambolic band i had ever seen, to the point where it was beyond charming, to the detriment of the music. that was about a year ago though, so maybe things are different now.
:S
i think i'm maybe playing this show with one of my bands.......... see yo' there kids.
i tried to convince them to play my local park before they split...
they said essex was too hard to get to
:(
my friends and i are really sad we never got to see them...
x
I saw them at the Buffalo Bar
earlier this year. They were completely unable to work their electronics and they were far more interested in pratting around with their mates.
If I'd actually paid to go in, I'd have been well narked. As it is, they can fuck off and waste someone else's time.
wasting time
silent command sounds a bit uptight, what else did you expect from self confessed talentless pricks?
->
In fact I hope Lost Penguin have inspired a legion of our nation's youth to lure paying customers into gigs to watch talentless pricks who are completely unable to work their electronics and are far more interested in pratting around with their mates...
i don't know if you're serious or not
but i seem to remember you only pop up in lost penguin threads to defend them, so you probably are.
Good god
I never knew this band were so 'successful'. They are indeed talentless and shockingly terrible band.
really? cool! may see you there
i only saw them play once - at old blue - and thought they were fun. also, charleigh was strangely hot.
Styleslut sent me a 7" of Mr Whippy signed by the three of them. i doubt it will be worth moneys some day but you never know - I genuinely wouldn't be at all surprised if one of them goes on to great things.
which is the DiSer that plays with them sometimes. Andrewviolet? Heheh may see you at catch
Despite my flippant comment above
Yes... I haven't heard of them either but it would be extremely selfish to only want a website to write about any one person's favourite bands...
i went from
finding this band mildly amusing to thinking they're tony the tiger. has something to do with them getting better as they went on actually. and getting a drummer. i like drummers. especially one's who hit the drums hard.
Gah!
Saw them support Ratattagg at the the Old Blue last year and loved them. I have two solitary tracks on my computer to now remember them by.
ha.
I am serious.
so this news article
is by the drummer of the band?


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