Penguin Cafe Rain Before Seven... LP Marbled Black & Blue Vinyl on Chemikal Underground

on Chemikal Underground

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Penguin Cafe Rain Before Seven... LP Marbled Black & Blue Vinyl on Chemikal UndergroundA sense of optimism infuses Penguin Cafes fifth studio album Rain Before Seven not the braggadocious, overconfident kind, but more a blithe, self effacing optimism in keeping with the national character. Even when all signs point to the contrary, it operates within the certainty that things are going to be alright. Probably. The title comes from an old weather proverb with the rhyming prognostication fine before eleven hinting at a happy ending,