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PENGUINS ON THE MOON by Sack Trick (2000)

The British Sack Trick is a revolving group of comedic musicians, in the vein of the late 1960s Bonzo Dog Band.  This CD is a heavy metal/music hall/rock musical about a group of penguins in Antarctica who take a spaceship to the moon.  However, the moon is not the tropical paradise they imagined and tiring of moon dust cheese and anxious for a meal of fish, “our intrepid explorers returned to the only place they ever truly called home, having proved themselves to be real lunar chicks.” An entertaining and well played musical trip, with illustrated cartoon lyrics, from a group of crazies.  The CD was reissued in 2009 on its 9½ year anniversary and Chris Dale, the album’s narrator, bassist/guitarist told us in 2009 about the reason for the original CD: “The motivation was at first something quite random.  We wanted to do an abstract concept album, and thought up two themes, penguins and the moon, just because they didn’t normally match.  But then we got quite involved in the whole plot and concept and did a lot of background reading into both penguins and the moon.  What started off as a bit of a joke, went quite deep in the end.” ORG 212; Raw Power Records RP-017; www.sacktrick.com

 

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