Alone on Penguin Island

by Desmond Simmons

Alone on Penguin Island cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1981
  • Label: Dome
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded under the guidance of Wire's Colin Newman, Desmond Simmons delivers an eccentric, lo-fi gem of the British post-punk underground. 'Alone on Penguin Island' blends angular acoustic guitars with stark synthesizer minimalism, crafting an intensely solitary and atmospheric listening experience[cite: 1].

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, existential, electronic, synthesizers, melodic, guitars, minimal, eccentric

Tracklist

  1. A Caste From Hawaii
  2. To Be Lost
  3. Beacon Hill Six
  4. April Waits
  5. The Gymnast
  6. Bing Crosby's Hat
  7. Man The Lifeboats
  8. Phone Ringing
  9. Counterpane
  10. By Air Or By Sea
  11. Pathenon
  12. Tracers
  13. Alone On Penguin Island

Credits

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