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Penelope Houston : karmal apple
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Singer of San Francisco's legendary Avengers, she now makes gorgeous melodic folk pop. Trouserpress says her records contain "one of the best displays of pure vocal gifts the 'alternative' universe will ever hear."
Genre: Folk: Folk Pop
Release Date: 1994
karmal apple Record Label: Normal
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Ride 3:49 $0.99
Picturesque 3:44 $0.99
New Day 2:45 $0.99
The Mermaid 4:33 $0.99
Everybody's Little Dream 3:43 $0.99
Waterwheel 4:09 $0.99
Flourish 4:09 $0.99
Fall Back 3:45 $0.99
Fall Garden 3:22 $0.99
Happy Ending 3:36 $0.99
Snakebite 3:38 $0.99
Redemption 4:18 $0.99
Make Me 3:38 $0.99
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Album Notes

"get down on your hands, you'll make a real nice chair, baby, you're worth a fortune in innocence and fear" With these opening lines Penelope introduces an album that captures her inestimable songwriting talent at it's most ironic, caustic, unflinching and emotionally forthright. Never the less, Karmal Apple sounds as juicy and delicious as the gorgeous unique folk pop she and her band are known for. This time with a fuller production crunch. The complex and subtle arrangements are played with an intelligent, upbeat, and almost off-handed feel that belies the depth of the subject matters. Imported European only release, from 1994. Very rare and hard to find in America!

This album is also available from www.penelope.net, and by download here (your best way to support the artist) or on iTunes.

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REVIEWS

Great quick folk rock...The whole album is a delight.
author: Neile @ Ectophile's Guide to Good Music
I love anything Penelope Houston does. This is very much in the vein of The Whole World. Great quick folk rock, with Penelope Houston's very individual voice, both in the singing and in the songwriting. She's great. "Ride" is an especially wonderful song (it also appears on cut you) but the whole album is a delight.
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