Penfriend - Exotic Monsters [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]
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"We're more connected than ever, yet we're becoming more polarised. The pandemic promised a coming together of communities yet, as the third UK lockdown grinds grimly on, the people in my area of Bristol have battened down the proverbial hatches. It's easy to feel like we live on a different planet from our fellow humans sometimes, so with this video I wanted to bring the artwork for the single to life, to suggest that perhaps the monsters we perceive to be all around us are more similar to us than different."
VIDEO CREDITS
Directed and edited by Laura Kidd.
Filmed by and featuring Laura Kidd and Tim Bailey.
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SONG CREDITS
Produced, written, performed and recorded by Laura Kidd.
Mixed by Dan Austin, mastered by Katie Tavini.
LYRICS
I try solipsistic recreation
I crave love without abbreviation
I need time to kiss this cup of coffee
I keep letters from the ones who loved me
I will take all the dreams that Hollywood promised me
I want it now
We’re exotic monsters, dead from the waist down
How can I be clear?
Gratitude’s the first sign of waking
I won’t go back
Keep a kiss for me
Cos we all fall down under an international sky
Fighting to believe it’ll be all right
I’m on an extrasolar high
I seek narcissistic decoration
I crave soil, warmth, ventilation
I’d like to focus on my silent fiction
I need to kick this dopamine addiction
I dream of being someone’s happy memory
I want it all
We’re exotic monsters, dead from the waist down
How can I be clear?
Gratitude’s the first sign of waking
Please don’t keep me here
Keep a kiss for me
Cos we all fall down under an international sky
Fighting to believe it’ll be all right
I’m on an extrasolar high
Keep a kiss for me
Cos we all fall down under an international sky
Fighting to believe it’ll be all right
I’m on an extrasolar high
Penfriend, aka music producer, songwriter and multi-disciplinary artist Laura Kidd, presents “Exotic Monsters“.
Sparked by a throwaway phrase from Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”, “Exotic Monsters” is a laundry list of asynchronous human needs and desires; a reflection of our increasingly confused, disconnected and polarised lives. A timely reminder of the practice of cultivating gratitude through meditation, the song is an attempt to examine our internalised inconsistencies; the “facts” we pile up on our own backs throughout lives bombarded by airbrushed images and ads for the unattainable baubles we’re informed are essential for true happiness.
Shackled to our phones by big tech companies monetising and eroding our attention spans, feeling increasingly as though we live on a different planet to those we disagree with, chasing likes on social media while forgetting to look after our brains and our hearts…where will this all end? Some days it’s hard to believe late MP Jo Cox’s poignant words, that “we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us”.
Addressing this sense of disconnection and depersonalisation, “Exotic Monsters” evokes the menace of “Enjoy The Silence”-era Depeche Mode with a nod to the 80s- Madonna hero worship of Sky Ferreira’s “Everything Is Embarrassing” and the hypnotic synth pop of Sylvan Esso.
To quote Björk, “I’m no f***ing Buddhist, but this is enlightenment”.
Fun fact: “Exotic Monsters” features several Creative Commons drum samples created by the European Space Agency, recorded at their European Space Research and Technology Centre in the Netherlands. Using sounds from space on a song about feeling disconnected from life on earth just felt wildly appropriate…
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A Facebook ad brought me here, what an incredible tune!
Oh thank you for visiting! :D I'm really pleased you're enjoying the tunes. Welcome, welcome.
Same. Heard it a few times now. Great stuff :)
@@markyboybdi Thank youuuuu!
Same here. This is immense and just the sort of music I love. Powerful synth bass accompanied by a great voice singing a tuneful song. Love it …
Would also love to see this stuff live so are there any gigs lined up in Lancashire or Manchester area ?
Amazing 🤩 love this ! So original and different !
Thank you!!
Love that voice!
Thank you!
This was my introduction to Penfriend, and now i crave more. The stripped back production and minimal approach to let your voice come forward... this is beautiful. The solid songwriting and intelligence of melodic choices makes for a very powerful piece. Such singalong quality and that's the big bonus!
Well thank you for such a lovely comment! I feel very encouraged, and I appreciate you showing up to say hi.
Wow! Blown away
❤️
I've heard this song in one cafe and liked very much 😍
So catching and unique ✨
Hello and welcome! That's very cool to hear, thank you - which cafe was it? :) xo
@@Penfriendrocks you won't believe it😅 in one cafe in the town Zhukovsky, Russia
Came here from the podcast (ft Ayse savages) hooray for all the things! I hope more podcasts are coming too yep. Love the melody in the verses, just enough of a twisty lemon to reel you in.
Oh hi Anthony!! Thanks so much for listening and now watching - and oo, I love the phrase "twisty lemon", I'm going to use that now. Welcome!
Loving the originality...... 🌈I'm a fan
Thank you and welcome!! ❤️
Discovered this on Facebook in early 2022. Now one of my favourite ever albums - Can't stop playing it! Now have all the 'She Makes War' albums too. Laura is an awesome artist and I am so glad I found her music
Oh wow, thank you Mark!! X
love this !
Awesome Track!!!
Thank you!
Definitely has that late night feel to it, loving this right now
Thank you!
Soooo good. Love your new sound. 👍
Thanks, Wayne!
If discos played this I might go out more
Haha same here!
Looks and feels like a video from right out of the '90s, but has the depth of a '60s folk song. I LOVE THIS.
Thank you, Bill! I love your take on it :)
@@Penfriendrocks I did take advantage of the free offering and I bought the bonus CD, too. (I was going to get it "next time", but since it popped up I got it "this time" instead.) Thank you for sharing your music with us. I know it's hard work, but it's a labor of love.
@@billko867 Thank you, Bill! I think "this time" is usually best :D
Found driving home from the beach in a classic Volvo 480 with BBC Stereo Underground playing
Oh hello! Did I get played on the radio?!
My new favourite song. I do believe I may just have to order the album
Ah thanks Jay! That means a lot to me xo
@@Penfriendrocks I am getting the Earth Green vinyl with bonus 7” and as an Ipswich Town fan you don’t know the trauma those vinyl covers cause (Arch rivals Norwich City colours) 😂
Love your dócs
Thank you!
Be my pleasure
Thanks new friends
♥️
MWAH
Why have I not heard this on air? Superb track. Penfriend will go far.......................
Thank you! The new tunes are getting some spins but it's all a process :)
Love it just ordered the caste tape keep it old school
Hell yes! Thank you 👍
That's great Laura; great concept, industry and editing that compliment the track and credit you.
Thanks Tony!
This is great! so fresh and not boring. cant wait to receive the disc and listen to the rest.
Thank you, Stan!
Love discovering different artists, and this is really good.
Thank you, Robin! Hi!
Came here after seeing your video on Facebook... Love your
sound...
Thanks for visiting, Jo!
Liking the Mister Benji mug! 🐶
Well spotted!
Sorry I’m late, but just popped by to say that this is wonderful. I’m now having an afternoon Penfriend catch up, what a treat. Thank you for sharing your music.
Thank you so much, Andy! And you're never late - you're here now :)
instant classic tbh.
You're very kind, thanks!
This is superb.. Can't wait for the album..
Thanks Andy!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! BRAVO!
Yay thank you!
Incredible tune!
Thanks!
I love this song and the video!
Thank you for saying so!
Great stuff, really enjoyed the song and video, well done!
Thanks Mark!
Have just added you to some Kate Bush forums with 4k members with your Be more Kate Bush Video and a link for this... hopefully more exposure for your great music. :)
I appreciate that thanks!
Superb. Love it.
Thank you, Peter!
Great lyrics!! 👍 I love!! ❤
Thanks so much!
This is great, it’s enough to give us hope for 2021! Well done 👏
Thanks so much for your kind words!
This is such a great mix of genres, love the depth of the vocals and such a cool video!
Thanks so much for watching!
great video Laura - creative, excellent production and inspiring ;-)
Thanks so much!!
Brilliant! Love it. :)
Yay, thank you!
Great song with an instant appeal! Great job, Laura!
Thank you!!
Really love the synthwave baseline and the keytar! It’s got a darkness to it that I can’t resist. Topped off by amazing vocals (and polygonal fox heads) ;) this is the first song I’ve heard from you but I’ll definitely be checking out the rest of your work as Penfriend and She Makes War.
Thanks for saying hi!!
Brilliant!
Thank you!!
Awesome work and beautiful body art.
Thank you very much!
Hi Laura, this is great track, really well done! Love your vocals and synth sound, the video is surreal - just brilliant! Big fan here in St Austell.
Thank you so much!!! That's a lovely thing to read, I appreciate it.
Love it!!!
Thanks Jon!
love the track and good video
Thanks Stephen!
@@Penfriendrocks your welcome
Can I *heart* this?
Well sure! Thanks for saying hi today :)
Nice one....
Thanks 😊
Awesome vid Laura!
Thanks Alex!
Was that arm chopping thing a reference to the Once in a Lifetime video by Talking Heads?
100%! Well spotted :)
@@Penfriendrocks Awesome! 😀
@@georgewhite1972 😇
Ok, after this video I am now in love with you.
Edit: ok I wrote that while very drunk and now realise that might come across as a bit weird. Love the tune anyway
Ha - yes, I tend to wait a little while before replying to comments like that, because that's *usually* why they happen. I'm delighted you enjoyed the video and it's very cool of you to say hello.
@@Penfriendrocks an expert in social management as well as music - you'll go far
@@skywatchernorth *doffs cap*
This song has hit me in the feels!... I'd probably cry if I hadn't already lost my tear ducts back in nam 😉
Absolutely love it... Keep shining 🌟
P.S never lose the Dr Martins ❤️
Thanks for this lovely message! How did you find the song?
@@Penfriendrocks you're very welcome Laura....it was from a Facebook ad... As soon as I heard you're voice I knew I had to listen to more.. Kind of reminded me of Dubstar's Disgraceful album from 95.. Which I love!
This Dubstar track is a cover of Billy Bragg.. It also always hits me in the feels.. Haha, thanks so much for making my morning.
ruclips.net/video/Ry-iK4QQl2k/видео.html
Oh well that's all round fantastic! Bloody LOVE Dubstar ❤️ Welcome, welcome xo
Are / were you also in the band 'She Makes War'? 😊
I was yes! That was also a solo project :) Thanks for coming to find me!
@@Penfriendrocks Wow cool! 👏 You're so talented. I'm so glad I found you! 😊
@@missseveri3512 And you're very kind! Thanks :)
DBK gets bloody everywhere...
What's that, Robert?
@@Penfriendrocks the graffiti on the car 😊
I think he did get caught in the end - but not before I managed to completely adorn the gantry at the Portishead junction of the m5... And lots of other places.
@@LordoftheBadgers Ahhhhhh gotcha! I love street art but am no fan of taggers tbh.
@@Penfriendrocks indeed. We live in a city rather famous for street art after all!!
Ps I loved the track. I'm making my way thru your stuff after playing the socks off the OR album :)
Laura is the best.
i loved this, do u have a instagram
Thanks for watching! Yeah I'm instagram.com/penfriendrocks
Couldn't see your response on FB. Got blocked.
We didn’t block you, but that’s an ad not a post so that’ll be why you can’t find it. I just said yes I’d love to do a Bond theme!
Dogs doo dahs
Mutts Nutts
Etc 👌
Thank you!
For some reason I can't reply? So here's the comment I tried to send (in response to being asked if this was played on the radio):
Yep, congratulations! BBC as well.
Here's the tracklist: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cp9rqq
Starts at 54:58
Oh well this is very exciting!!! Thanks so much for letting me know xo