{"id":14806,"date":"2015-10-23T10:49:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T09:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=14806"},"modified":"2015-10-23T10:49:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T09:49:34","slug":"penrose-sings-us-a-melody-with-new-single-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/10\/penrose-sings-us-a-melody-with-new-single-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Penrose Sings Us a &#8216;Melody&#8217; With New Single Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14110\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/09\/penrose-release-official-video-for-melody\/melody-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Melody-3.png?fit=1492%2C763&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1492,763\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Melody 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Melody-3.png?fit=640%2C327&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Melody-3.png?resize=640%2C327&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Melody 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"327\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>It&#8217;s finally out! Penrose launched their latest single, &#8216;Melody&#8217;, last night at Dublin&#8217;s O2 Academy.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Melody&#8217;, is a boppy dance track, very much an ear-wormer. When we reviewed Penrose&#8217;s EP, &#8216;Live For The Dream&#8217; back in August, we had this to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018Melody\u2019 leads in with a stomping beat and an Ed Sullivan-style intro, the punchy vocals very reminiscent of Oasis and The Beatles and lyrically a lot of fun with\u00a0lines like \u201cif you\u2019re gonna be lazy, be lazy with me, come drink your tea\u201d. We defy anyone not to tap their foot or nod their head to this song.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What more can we say &#8211; except that &#8216;Melody&#8217; is now available on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8vLBnXt63H\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>. Penrose will be playing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandsintown.com\/event\/10588820?affil_code=fb_268600459934952&amp;artist=Penrose+%28Official%29&amp;came_from=74\" target=\"_blank\">The Button Factory, Dublin<\/a>, on 28 October, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandsintown.com\/event\/10707886?affil_code=fb_268600459934952&amp;artist=Penrose+%28Official%29&amp;came_from=74\" target=\"_blank\">The Venue, Ratoath<\/a>, on 30 October.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_91728\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_PP6iXjid94?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Penrose - Melody (Official Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_PP6iXjid94\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s finally out! Penrose launched their latest single, &#8216;Melody&#8217;, last night at Dublin&#8217;s O2 Academy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[3328,251,2825,77,548,2342,226,2189,116,3329,3330],"class_list":["post-14806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","tag-dates","tag-dublin","tag-melody","tag-new-release","tag-o2-academy","tag-penrose","tag-pop","tag-release","tag-review","tag-the-button-factory","tag-the-venue"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-3QO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14107,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/09\/penrose-release-official-video-for-melody\/","url_meta":{"origin":14806,"position":0},"title":"Penrose Release Official Video For &#8216;Melody&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"25\/09\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"With a video that takes in sights in & round Ireland (including Dublin's Grand Social) Penrose are back with the beautifully (if simply) romantic, 'Melody'.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Releases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Releases","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-releases\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Melody-1.png?fit=1200%2C614&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Melody-1.png?fit=1200%2C614&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Melody-1.png?fit=1200%2C614&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Melody-1.png?fit=1200%2C614&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Melody-1.png?fit=1200%2C614&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12758,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/08\/penrose-live-for-the-dream\/","url_meta":{"origin":14806,"position":1},"title":"Penrose &#8211; 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