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Penfriend
Великобритания
Добавлен 21 апр 2020
Music for people who love handwritten letters.
I'm Laura, a music producer and solo artist living in Nottingham, UK. I create music, videos and podcasts under the name Penfriend, and my new album "House Of Stories" is coming your way on 25th April 2025.
Get TWO SONGS immediately when you order direct from my shop: shop.penfriend.rocks/collections/penfriend-house-of-stories
The album is available on super limited edition vinyl colours, signed CD and KiT hybrid digital format, with tees, hoodies and hardback books to accompany the music.
➡️ Get a FREE 12-track album and 31-page zine when you sign up at penfriend.rocks/hello
➡️ I’ve run my own independent label since 2009, releasing 6 solo albums: five under the name She Makes War and one as Penfriend, plus a collaborative album under the name Obey Robots called "One In A Thousand".
Let's do amazing things with good hearts ❤️
I'm Laura, a music producer and solo artist living in Nottingham, UK. I create music, videos and podcasts under the name Penfriend, and my new album "House Of Stories" is coming your way on 25th April 2025.
Get TWO SONGS immediately when you order direct from my shop: shop.penfriend.rocks/collections/penfriend-house-of-stories
The album is available on super limited edition vinyl colours, signed CD and KiT hybrid digital format, with tees, hoodies and hardback books to accompany the music.
➡️ Get a FREE 12-track album and 31-page zine when you sign up at penfriend.rocks/hello
➡️ I’ve run my own independent label since 2009, releasing 6 solo albums: five under the name She Makes War and one as Penfriend, plus a collaborative album under the name Obey Robots called "One In A Thousand".
Let's do amazing things with good hearts ❤️
Penfriend - Emotional Tourist
🎸 Get this song PLUS two more album tracks immediately when you order your copy of my new album “House Of Stories”, out 25th April 2025.
shop.penfriend.rocks/collections/penfriend-house-of-stories
The album is available on super limited edition vinyl colours, signed CD and KiT hybrid digital format, with tees, hoodies and hardback books to accompany the music.
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Songs can mend moments. Art stretches time, giving me a chance to walk back into the room and say what I wouldacouldashoulda. Giving me the power to walk out.
“Emotional Tourist” is a fiery anthem for anyone who’s suffered at the hands of bullies, creeps and narcissists. Fielding comments - or worse - on y...
shop.penfriend.rocks/collections/penfriend-house-of-stories
The album is available on super limited edition vinyl colours, signed CD and KiT hybrid digital format, with tees, hoodies and hardback books to accompany the music.
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Songs can mend moments. Art stretches time, giving me a chance to walk back into the room and say what I wouldacouldashoulda. Giving me the power to walk out.
“Emotional Tourist” is a fiery anthem for anyone who’s suffered at the hands of bullies, creeps and narcissists. Fielding comments - or worse - on y...
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Видео
Penfriend - Our Last Christmas
Просмотров 830Месяц назад
Get "Our Last Christmas" FREE / pay what you can here OR search Penfriend "Our Last Christmas" wherever you listen to music xo 🎁 penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com/track/our-last-christmas 40 years after “Last Christmas” changed the festive singalong forever, “Our Last Christmas” is here to shed light and nuance on an innocent love story gone sour. The fictional prequel to the biggest Christmas banger...
The joy of singing a seven syllable lyric
Просмотров 2512 месяца назад
🎁 Get access to the private pre-order of my new Penfriend album by signing up here penfriend.rocks/hello (I'll also send you a free 12-track taster album of dreamy indie rock songs bonus free gift) This song is called "Dear Heart", and it appears on my She Makes War albums "Brace For Impact" and "And Peace" (in different guises). Performed live on the internet in August 2024. ❤️ This video is s...
This song is always relevant, but is way more so this week
Просмотров 3352 месяца назад
🎁 Get your free 12-track taster album of dreamy indie rock songs bonus free gift here penfriend.rocks/hello Hugest thanks to Tanya Donelly for the inspiration, always. "Stand and fight now, meet me tomorrow" Watch "Paper Thin" here: ruclips.net/video/TvKrLam3atI/видео.htmlsi=vsmt3gs9FaS-DHAH Watch the "Seashaken" video here: ruclips.net/video/3OJZwhVBU-w/видео.htmlsi=GRDJh8HG5R4LWRK9 ❤️ This vi...
I can’t record at home without doing this first
Просмотров 5014 месяца назад
🎁 Get your free 12-track taster album of dreamy indie rock songs bonus free gift here penfriend.rocks/hello I've produced a lot of songs in my home music studio, but there's one simple thing I have to do before any audio recording... ❤️ This video is sponsored by The Correspondent's Club on Patreon. We'd love to welcome you into our friendly group - get exclusive music, videos, writing and more...
This won't go viral (thank goodness)
Просмотров 8774 месяца назад
17 years in, I think I've finally nailed this RUclips thing... 🎁 Get your free 12-track taster album of dreamy indie rock songs bonus free gift here penfriend.rocks/hello ❤️ This video is sponsored by The Correspondent's Club on Patreon. We'd love to welcome you into our friendly group - get exclusive music, videos, writing and more here while effortlessly supporting the making of new music and...
Do you know what you want?
Просмотров 2334 месяца назад
🎁 Get your free 12-track taster album of dreamy indie rock songs bonus free gift here penfriend.rocks/hello What are you working towards at the moment? Do you have any projects you're putting your full focus into? Have you heard of manifesting or lifestyle-centric career planning? I've recently started dreaming REALLY BIG - and then backing it up with a plan of action. It's the same technique t...
Can you be original when everything's already been done?
Просмотров 2554 месяца назад
🎁 Get your free 12-track taster album of dreamy indie rock songs bonus free gift here penfriend.rocks/hello How original or unique can we really be as musicians and artists? I answer audience questions on how to avoid being derivative and how not to repeat yourself with whatever you make, whether that's music or other types of art. Thanks to Michael Record and Ian Faulkner for excellent questio...
Is it ok to share personal stories in your art?
Просмотров 2325 месяцев назад
🎁 Get your free 12-track taster album of dreamy indie rock songs bonus free gift here penfriend.rocks/hello 00:30 on regretting writing songs about real issues or situations for fear of oversharing 04:49 on realising artists shouldn't try to edit themselves It's not the job of the artist to self-edit, certainly not before we've completed whatever we're working on! But that's easier said than do...
This is a song about hope...
Просмотров 2165 месяцев назад
🎁 Get your free 12-track taster album of dreamy indie rock songs bonus free gift here penfriend.rocks/hello This is a song about hope, and about keeping going. I wrote "The Only Way Out Is Through" in 2019 and released it as the second ever Penfriend single in 2020. This song appears on the 12-track taster album mentioned above! ❤️ This video is sponsored by The Correspondent's Club on Patreon....
This doesn't only apply to famous musicians...
Просмотров 8205 месяцев назад
🎁 Get your free 12-track taster album of dreamy indie rock songs bonus free gift here penfriend.rocks/hello Chappell Roan has spoken out about out of control fan behaviour, and I'm so glad she has. In my experience, most music fans are absolutely lovely and very respectful, but there's some really worrying behaviour that crosses all the lines. In this video I share a few examples from my past l...
Why I’m recording this dirty old piano for my new album
Просмотров 6515 месяцев назад
Why I’m recording this dirty old piano for my new album
Super Connected - Obey Robots (Penfriend's Version)
Просмотров 3945 месяцев назад
Super Connected - Obey Robots (Penfriend's Version)
It's time to set some "ridiculous" goals
Просмотров 4845 месяцев назад
It's time to set some "ridiculous" goals
My husband has requested a breakup song 💔
Просмотров 4596 месяцев назад
My husband has requested a breakup song 💔
Getting ready for my online gig: gear, mindset & mistakes
Просмотров 4066 месяцев назад
Getting ready for my online gig: gear, mindset & mistakes
I thought I could do a kind of Taylor Swift thing…
Просмотров 3107 месяцев назад
I thought I could do a kind of Taylor Swift thing…
I wrote a sh*t song. Here's what happened next...
Просмотров 4447 месяцев назад
I wrote a sh*t song. Here's what happened next...
Keep doing your thing (even if THEY don't like it)
Просмотров 4567 месяцев назад
Keep doing your thing (even if THEY don't like it)
Mini home recording studio tour! My creative space for writing songs
Просмотров 3757 месяцев назад
Mini home recording studio tour! My creative space for writing songs
Unboxing & sound test: Suzuki Omnichord OM-108
Просмотров 25 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Unboxing & sound test: Suzuki Omnichord OM-108
This is great! I loved the flip chart and you look hot in a lab coat! What’s a girl to do? Write a song about it! Love it!
Watching on catch up while doing a few work emails. Black Car is such a good track. Hope you’re doing OK - the layers, slippers and PJs are a huge benefit of gigging in the Launchpad!
Christmas Wrapping (your Cover) ist still my favorite Song for Christmas.
Ah thank you!
Really enjoyed that. Thanks Laura 😊
Thank you, David xx
Can't wait to hear Emotional Tourist on vinyl 👍
yay me too! test presses hopefully arriving soon 🥳🥳🥳
@Penfriendrocks I've got the album ordered on Test Pressing. Can't beat black vinyl for sound quality 👍
Thanks, absolutely loving the new song, can’t wait to hear the album!
you’re so kind, thank you xxx
Time to see you live i feel. Wanted to for years. Please.
Thanks for the encouragement! What town/city is nearest you for gigs?
Hate that I missed this live show!
Next time! xx
Such a beautiful way to describe a penfriend! Traveling through emotions and stories without leaving home-love it! ✨💌😊"
Ah thank you, and thanks for saying hello! How are you today? x
Listening back whilst doing interminable release testing. Black car is such well crafted song, very emotional and powerful. x
Thanks so much!
I forgot to ask this last night, is the "sleep in snow" part anything to do with the Robert Frost poem Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening? I remembered this morning when that was the "clue" for an online game
Aha - I wish I could claim such literaryness this time but no, it was from my own thoughts! I wanted to be sarcastic about the idea that I would have to hang around waiting for "my hero" rather than simply getting on with my life independently, and took it one step further by shrugging and saying "I guess I'll just sleep in the snow" because you're not meant to let yourself fall asleep in the snow or you might expire. I.e. (sarcastically) I suppose if I'm not with this absolutely awful person, I might as well give up on everything if another "hero" doesn't come along to save me. Sort of thing :)
Hi Prof Penfriend! Watching full on catchup as delayed last night and only caught the last 2 songs. Have to say that ET and S,M from HoS are absolute bangers! 💥 And MWBL and DL are gorgeousness to the ears. HoS is going to be fantastic! You should be very proud. Very excited for April to spring upon us all. Swearing is part of the culture we live in (I'm a parent in their fifties), and you do keep it to a minimum considering your extensive catalogue. When required, it just fits. 🤷♀ Keep your loved ones close (and yah, boo to trolls). ❤🔥
Thank you so much Matt x
Missed seeing it live but enjoying it on catch up as a companion to working from home
Ah brilliant, hello Neil! x
Listening on catch-up now. Sad to have missed the live version last night.
Hello! Thanks for tuning in x
Driving my Bus around Oxford in a Lab Coat , They'll think ive escaped from one of the Research facilitites in Oxford
He who dares...wins! x
Watching on Catch up 😁
Watching on catch-up now!
Thank you!
Loved the live stream.
Thank you! x
🎁 Get THREE BRAND NEW SONGS when you order your copy of my NEW album "House Of Stories" here (out 25th April 2025): shop.penfriend.rocks/collections/penfriend-house-of-stories ❤
I love this Laura. Production is amazing.
Thanks so much!
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Great lyrics, congratulations for you art! Thanks for the message.
Thank you too!
I feel sooo old saying I had the pleasure of seeing the band play Ayr Pavilion in 1991. Absolutely amazing gig👍
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Thanks!
Thank you, Edwin! x
Great song!
You did it again. Great stuff. 2 years watching in Richmond VA USA. not going anywhere.
Thanks so much, David! I hope you're keeping really well xx
Step 1. Show us all the ports. What does the phone input look like? Nobody knows.
Hiya! The phone channel is the sixth from the left (it has a phone icon - you can see it at 0:10 from the top and at 0:16 the headphone port and phone port are next to one another, they're just simple minijack inputs. More ports for you at 0:18. At 13:27 I attach the phone via Bluetooth, which is super easy too. Happy music making!
Love it!! 🎉 Can you UK tour pls? 🙂
Great song. Can I ask, do you still use the Boss Gigcaster 8?
Thanks Bob! Yes I use the Gigcaster for every single livestream - the next one is at the end of this month in fact :)
@ I’ll look out for that 👍
Love that chord change at 2:45
Thank you!
Fantastic song and video.
Excellent taster for the new record. Thank you x
A great song and fabulous introduction to an epic House of Stories. Love that “write a song about it” bit in the video 😂
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Ah yeah - there's Tim, at just before 3:27, reflected in the guitar! 😅🎸
Love the groove, love the lyrics, the retro sounding synths, everything in fact! You've hit gold again, Laura! Can't wait for the album.❤
Fantastic Song!👏
Love this song, love this video, bring on House Of Stories.
I love it!
Great track and fun vid
Yes 🤘😎🤘
Brilliant video! ❤❤❤🎉