➡Pick up your copy of #1 Independent Album "One In A Thousand" on vinyl, CD or cassette! Hardback lyric books, tees and hoodies also available: shop.penfriend.rocks NEXT watch how I wrote this song ! ruclips.net/video/kxXEFe2vcJo/видео.html
lols fab - wish we still had TOTP and CD UK - you two would be smashing it. hope to see you live in small UK venues soon! I expect/demand Marshall double stacked cabs and getting my ears ripped off (NEDS forever)
Just hosted a 4hr session as an acoustic artist. Have to listen to stuff on the way home and when it comes on, this song always makes me feel all is right in the world.
You picked up two new fans. My teen daughter and I sing with the song every time we listen to it in the car! Bravo to you both. Look forward to hearing more from you!
Oh ... My ... Giddy ... got the album today, streamed and my limited test pressing! What a bloody delight! Can't stop listening!! Recommending to everyone I know!
✌ this is brilliant. Made me smile 😁 Cheese & pineapple on sticks! Very 80s, takes me back to birthday parties as a kid! Love the track 🎸 Catchy! Great outfits.
I love these hand crafted, homemade videos, well done Laura and how amazing getting Rat into his shiny, sparkly gear :) I guess you had a giggle afterwards and munched through all the party snacks, what brilliant fun. Loved it, great sound & vision x
Thank you so much, Sally. I was really careful not to eat any of the snacks during the shoot for continuity, then had too many of these Vimto flying saucers while sweeping up the hall and had a headache the next day! Rock and rolllllll
Awesome video - we now need the action figures of course!! just waiting by the front door for the postie to deliver my album and T-shirt (any porcupine T-shirts left?)
Thanks for getting the album, Daryl! I'm reprinting some tees yes - make sure you're on the mailing list so you can be the first to know - penfriend.rocks/hello xo
Obey Robots videos just getting better and better! I’m sure I’ve been to many an event catered just as well, but the dancing here is certainly an improvement over mine! Sharing to everyone in my phone address book 🤖
The synth? when you sing "You've got to make your own way" is so catchy... we need extended versions with that - love the Eighties vibe of that section of music.
As a child of the 90's whose music taste peaked in the latter part of that decade (maybe some from the early 2000's) , There's really been nothing that's excited me in the last 20 odd years. Apart from this and "Let it Snow". Made me frown and pout my bottom lip whilst nodding in appreciation of such a banger of a tune. Hope to see some live stuff from this.
@@kierondouglas9532 We have plenty of CDs!! Where were you looking? Here's the link shop.penfriend.rocks/collections/obey-robots-pre/products/oiat-cd-download
Got it - it was the signed ones out of stock I was looking at 😐. CD bought - my driving music from Edinburgh to the Lake District for our yearly musician meet up/jam is now sorted. Thanks for that! 😁
Laura, I love those attentions to detail like picking the bass notes in time to the music even on a cardboard bass. Playing not in synch drives me crazy. :D Really digging Let It Snow. Played it dozens of times already. Cheers from Canada.
Well spotted, Ed! And thank you for vindicating me - Tim couldn't understand why I was taking the trouble to "play" the cardboard bass properly. Details matter! :D
I hadn't a clue what to expect with this video, but it's fab! Totally exceeded my expectations and it's cheered me up. You both look like you had fun making it too. Oh yeah, and the songs pretty decent as well ❤️❤️
Laura and Rat, I'm loving every track you've released so far. I am really looking forward to the full release -- it will be getting lots of play for my ears! This video is awesome, too. It must have been lots of work, but so much fun!
Yes! All the snacks I wished I'd had unrestricted access to as a kid. As it was, I only ate a few after the shoot and had a terrible sugar hangover the next day!
Best video yet! You guys look like you're having soooo much fun with this. For me this ones got a real Ned's flavour to it. Album day can't come soon enough now. 😁
I've spent the last 25 years listening to Cannibal Corpse, Emperor, Cradle of Filth, Fear Factory etc. and I'm finding this weirdly, to be a bit of an ear worm. Although my roots in metal started with grungy music. It is catchy.....
Thanks! Metal riffs are a-m-a-z-i-n-g so respect to the great ones 🤖 I just think we like what we like, there are certain genres that aren't massively my cup of tea but otherwise I don't restrict my listening.
@@Penfriendrocks Haha, I have to restrict my listening. I'm running out of space for more records, and the memory on my laptop keeps filling up on I-tunes. Yes, good to have a varied musical interests. I listen to classical as well, and still dabble with Queen now and again (mostly when I'm feeling nostalgic , as I grew up with them). Still love Faith no mores old stuff to .
@@Penfriendrocks Haha. You know while watching the video I was thinking "The person playing that robot is doing a really good job of the whole head/body movement thing". The glasses are perfect.
Casey has several vlogs where he's in swank plane seats and takes his face mask off to reveal his glasses. I just had to do a nod to that. All hail The Range for prompting the idea by stocking the guitar glasses!
Hmm, porcupine? It's kind of off-key and Lo-fi. I'm captivated by the stage effects. Also, porcupine's are a northeastern American small creature. Like skunks, possums, squirrels and raccoons are all friends with porcupines. I see mostly squirrels.
@@Penfriendrocks and it's tipped me over into buying the album! It's on repeat and living rent free in my head. You two really do have something going here, you compliment each other so well, musically.
@@Penfriendrocks nom nom! But heed my warning! When you run out of Rice Krispies and Corn Flakes, no matter how desperately you need breakfast, DO NOT stick pink wafers in a bowl with milk - it really doesn't work. Not sure why I thought it would. Poor reasoning brought on by low blood sugar I assume.
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➡Pick up your copy of #1 Independent Album "One In A Thousand" on vinyl, CD or cassette! Hardback lyric books, tees and hoodies also available: shop.penfriend.rocks
NEXT watch how I wrote this song ! ruclips.net/video/kxXEFe2vcJo/видео.html
lols fab - wish we still had TOTP and CD UK - you two would be smashing it. hope to see you live in small UK venues soon! I expect/demand Marshall double stacked cabs and getting my ears ripped off (NEDS forever)
Have you been watching "Spinal Tap"?!! ;)
Just hosted a 4hr session as an acoustic artist. Have to listen to stuff on the way home and when it comes on, this song always makes me feel all is right in the world.
This is so great to hear, thank you!
Beautifully bonkers! 😁. Love the song, love the album. Love you sticking it to the music establishment. ❤
You picked up two new fans. My teen daughter and I sing with the song every time we listen to it in the car! Bravo to you both. Look forward to hearing more from you!
Hey, thank you! This makes me so happy :) Big love to both of you xx
The 'Rat Reveal' was my favourite bit of this insane video - well done!
I am a porcupine!
I'm a porcupine!
tune !!
Oh ... My ... Giddy ... got the album today, streamed and my limited test pressing!
What a bloody delight! Can't stop listening!! Recommending to everyone I know!
Thank you so much for being one of our test pressing superstars, Jason!! I'm so glad you're enjoying the album xo
Love Neds Atomic Dustbins.
❤️This 💯👍
✌ this is brilliant. Made me smile 😁 Cheese & pineapple on sticks! Very 80s, takes me back to birthday parties as a kid! Love the track 🎸 Catchy! Great outfits.
Thank you!
Just order Orange Vinyl and Porcupine T-Shirt to go with my signed CD! Ace Video - looks like you had so much fun :)
Thank you, Andrew xo It was the silliest day ever, I loved it.
90s guitar mated with 80s synth to make a 2023 musical gem of a baby. love it.
Thank you!
I love these hand crafted, homemade videos, well done Laura and how amazing getting Rat into his shiny, sparkly gear :) I guess you had a giggle afterwards and munched through all the party snacks, what brilliant fun. Loved it, great sound & vision x
Thank you so much, Sally. I was really careful not to eat any of the snacks during the shoot for continuity, then had too many of these Vimto flying saucers while sweeping up the hall and had a headache the next day! Rock and rolllllll
@@Penfriendrocks 🤣
Just awesome. I can't stop listening to this
Thank you!
Awesome video - we now need the action figures of course!!
just waiting by the front door for the postie to deliver my album and T-shirt (any porcupine T-shirts left?)
Thanks for getting the album, Daryl! I'm reprinting some tees yes - make sure you're on the mailing list so you can be the first to know - penfriend.rocks/hello xo
Bonkers! 😂
A great compliment, thank you!
High praise indeed 😆
Obey Robots videos just getting better and better! I’m sure I’ve been to many an event catered just as well, but the dancing here is certainly an improvement over mine! Sharing to everyone in my phone address book 🤖
Thank you, Michael!! Just embracing my weird, as they say :)
The synth? when you sing "You've got to make your own way" is so catchy... we need extended versions with that - love the Eighties vibe of that section of music.
Thank you!!
Nice indie sound. Techy in a natural way. I love cardboard.
Great song and fun video!
This is bloody great 👍
Bloody Brilliant! Thank goodness, a new song that has grabbed my attention, plus it RAWKS! Thank you!
Thank *you*!!
As a child of the 90's whose music taste peaked in the latter part of that decade (maybe some from the early 2000's) , There's really been nothing that's excited me in the last 20 odd years. Apart from this and "Let it Snow". Made me frown and pout my bottom lip whilst nodding in appreciation of such a banger of a tune. Hope to see some live stuff from this.
Thank you, Kieron!!! I'm so glad you're enjoying our music :)
@@Penfriendrocks very much so
Arrrgh! No CDs left! I can get it through a 3rd party site but I don't know what sort of revenue you would get from that 😬
@@kierondouglas9532 We have plenty of CDs!! Where were you looking? Here's the link shop.penfriend.rocks/collections/obey-robots-pre/products/oiat-cd-download
Got it - it was the signed ones out of stock I was looking at 😐. CD bought - my driving music from Edinburgh to the Lake District for our yearly musician meet up/jam is now sorted. Thanks for that! 😁
Blumin' fantastic...!
Thank you, John!
@@Penfriendrocks I can't stop saying Erethizontidae now...
@@johnstilljohn3181 It's ok, you'll move onto hystricidae in good time...
Ah, so thats why I couldn't buy any shiny wrapping paper...
At least I found somewhere to put my spare CDs... :)
Hell Yeah! You guys are AWESOME!! 🤩😍🤩
Awh thanks!!
Good video ideas are always simple. I love this and it's 70's British TV light flares.
That was absolutely bonkers and I love it! Will be sharing this far and wide as much as I can.
Thank you, Vince!
that feedback.. and the triplets... or whatever they are
I get a Wasp Star-period XTC vibe from this song, and the entire album is absolutely top drawer...can't wait to see where this venture goes next....
Thank you so much! Funnily enough...I actively kept XTC in mind while I was putting this song together: ruclips.net/video/c7EIIMGLfvw/видео.html
@@Penfriendrocks Agreed, and that kind of halting segue from One of These Days is inspired
@@smallscalefutures thank you!
That video is a load of fun. Best episode of The Masked Singer (and Guitarist?) ever! ♥️⭕🏖️🤖🤖🖋️💑 &🐀
Ha yes Donna! Thank you :)
I really enjoyed this track; shades of Placebo.. a fun video too. Wishing you much success!
Thank you, John!
That guitar mated with the dreamy vocals. I'm sold. Awesome.
I'm glad you like it! 🦔🦔🦔🤖🤖🤖
Bravo to all of you. Everything is amazing and so very well done. Congratulations Laura and Rat and to the rest of your team. x
Thank you!
Yeah. I fuckin' love this song
Brilliantly mad 🤣 Great video and love the song. ❤
Thanks, Alison!
Loving this a little bit more on each watch. Let’s get Laura and Rat into the charts. Pink wafers for the win.
Yes PupGeorge!!! Thank you so much for your support :)
Great festival-ly video. Would love to see an audience dressed up in similar & dancing specially!
That would be AMAZING
Absolutely fantastic track. Really looking forward to the album.
Thank you, Nick :) x
Brilliant album from Obey Robots. For some reason it reminds me of The Wildhearts in places - and that's no bad thing!
A great compliment! Ginger really loves this song, which is another one :)
Love this song and video
Thanks, Belinda!
This is positively joyful. Blimmin' well love it. Looking forward to receiving the vinyl! :)
Yay, thank you :)
I don't know how many times I have watched this video on Facebook, but I am glad I found your RUclips channel, makes getting my fix easier.
Oh hooray!! Thanks for watching, and welcome to my channel :)
Well this is an absolute hoot! Great song, joyous video - you've outdone yourselves 😃
:D xx
Laura, I love those attentions to detail like picking the bass notes in time to the music even on a cardboard bass. Playing not in synch drives me crazy. :D Really digging Let It Snow. Played it dozens of times already. Cheers from Canada.
Well spotted, Ed! And thank you for vindicating me - Tim couldn't understand why I was taking the trouble to "play" the cardboard bass properly. Details matter! :D
Absolutely love it!! 😀😀😀❤❤
Thank you!! 😊
Great song! Giving me some Torche vibes. 🤙
I don't know them - what song of their should I listen to?
@@Penfriendrocks This is an older one but I think a decent intro! ruclips.net/video/ZDjAVd2D0WI/видео.html
Excellent! Very amusing, witty and catchy. be great if you could both do some live shows with this material
We talked about touring the robot costumes...
@@Penfriendrocks You both have some strong material here
Love this very much!! ❤️😊❤️
Thank you! xxx
Amazing
Thanks for watching!
Love the song, and the video is more entertaining than some other ones that cost mega bucks
just brilliant :)
This deserves to be big...hope some radio stations play it :)
Thanks, Steve!
Amazing! A pleasure to listen to, and to watch! Thank you!
Thank you, Rachael!
LOVE this!! X
Thank you!
Awesome riff, hilarious video, cracking song! Love it!!! 🎼❤️🎼
Thank you, Gary!
Killer riff, great vocal, and a hugely fun video to go with them. Well played, again. This album is going to be a belter.
Thank you, Matt - so lovely to have your support again xo
What fabulous nonsense! I will practice dance moves for any live performance you put on - even if I'm not attending. Shane xxx
Yes, Shane! Maybe an online gig where we all "do the Porcupine"?
(Another) Great creative video. Loving it & can't wait to hear the full album 🙂
Shiny
You Robots know how to party! Great video, can’t wait for the album!
I'm so glad the robot party theme is a hit!! :D Thank you, Joe xo
I hadn't a clue what to expect with this video, but it's fab! Totally exceeded my expectations and it's cheered me up. You both look like you had fun making it too. Oh yeah, and the songs pretty decent as well ❤️❤️
Thank you :D
random youtube finds are magical sometimes
This is so good. i'm kinda reminded of metric a bit
Huge compliment, thank you! I've loved Metric for a very long time. Welcome, welcome xo
This is incredible. What a find. Turns out I’m a porcupine 🖤
Oh that's funny...so am I!!! Welcome, porcupine friend xo
Cracking track..
Looking forward to the album arriving 😀
Thank you!
Love the song and the video. Can't wait for the cd
Laura and Rat, I'm loving every track you've released so far. I am really looking forward to the full release -- it will be getting lots of play for my ears! This video is awesome, too. It must have been lots of work, but so much fun!
Yes Stephen, it was! Worth every bit of it though. Thanks so much for supporting this music xo
This is brilliant
Thanks for watching!
Well this is grand isn’t it?! This is a brilliant track, appetite for the new album is increasing exponentially! Bloody hilarious video n’all ❤️❤️
Ha thank you!
Spectacular! Haven't smiled so much in a while, either 🙂🤖🤖🦔
Thank you xo
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 from....Fiires ❤
Love it. Laura W put me onto your stuff. Keep up the awesome work
Oh great to hear! Welcome :)
Absolutely Utterly Weirdly Brilliant!
Every kids ideal birthday party!
Yes! All the snacks I wished I'd had unrestricted access to as a kid. As it was, I only ate a few after the shoot and had a terrible sugar hangover the next day!
@@Penfriendrocks I am a huge sugar fiend, I'd of been happy to help 😉
@@meacag6582 Next time!
That has put a big smile on my face! Can't wait to get my copy of the album!
Thank youuuuuuu!!
Best video yet! You guys look like you're having soooo much fun with this. For me this ones got a real Ned's flavour to it. Album day can't come soon enough now. 😁
Not long now - thank you Andy :)
This is fantastic! Love the energy and the obvious fun y’all are having 😄
Ha yes, thank you Jen :)
The beginning was awesome, and it only got better as it went along! Looks like you two had so much fun!
Thank you, Bill - most fun video shoot ever for sure. Then it was hard to edit because I couldn't stop laughing :)
I've spent the last 25 years listening to Cannibal Corpse, Emperor, Cradle of Filth, Fear Factory etc. and I'm finding this weirdly, to be a bit of an ear worm. Although my roots in metal started with grungy music.
It is catchy.....
Thanks! Metal riffs are a-m-a-z-i-n-g so respect to the great ones 🤖 I just think we like what we like, there are certain genres that aren't massively my cup of tea but otherwise I don't restrict my listening.
@@Penfriendrocks Haha, I have to restrict my listening. I'm running out of space for more records, and the memory on my laptop keeps filling up on I-tunes.
Yes, good to have a varied musical interests. I listen to classical as well, and still dabble with Queen now and again (mostly when I'm feeling nostalgic , as I grew up with them). Still love Faith no mores old stuff to .
Well every part of this is utterly delightful!
Thank you! I thought you might appreciate the "reveal" shot...does it remind you of anyone's favourite New York-based vlogger?
@@Penfriendrocks Haha. You know while watching the video I was thinking "The person playing that robot is doing a really good job of the whole head/body movement thing". The glasses are perfect.
Casey has several vlogs where he's in swank plane seats and takes his face mask off to reveal his glasses. I just had to do a nod to that. All hail The Range for prompting the idea by stocking the guitar glasses!
This is joyous! Visually magnificent and the song, of course, heckin’ slaps :)
Thank youuuu!
This is brilliant. Love the song, love the video. Looks like you had fun making it too.
Thank you. It was glorious fun!
SO FUN! Love this!
Thanks, Wendy!
@@Penfriendrocks now if only you and Rat can TOUR and find yourselves on my side of the pond!
Great work!
Thank you!
I love it!!
Loved it!
(SPOILER ALERT!) I particularly enjoyed the Rat reveal :). Can't wait for the album!
Hooray, same here! Thank you xo
Hmm, porcupine? It's kind of off-key and Lo-fi. I'm captivated by the stage effects. Also, porcupine's are a northeastern American small creature. Like skunks, possums, squirrels and raccoons are all friends with porcupines. I see mostly squirrels.
Well, that's brightened up the day no end 😆
Hooray!
@@Penfriendrocks and it's tipped me over into buying the album! It's on repeat and living rent free in my head. You two really do have something going here, you compliment each other so well, musically.
@@andysneddon962 I really love the album we've made. Creating all this stuff around it is so much fun :) I'm delighted you're enjoying it too!
Awesom-O
Thank you!
That is brilliant
Thank you, Iain!
@@Penfriendrocks it's even better on on my tv at home Laura. Only had my phone to watch premiere at work
@@Iain_Pritchard Oh yeah there's a lot going on in this one! Definitely good on a larger screen if possible :)
Really cool tune!
Was this filmed at the wind mill brixton?
Thanks! No it was filmed at Shirehampton Public Hall in Bristol - full info and credits in the video blurb xo
@@Penfriendrocks I see, looks like a cool venue, ... thanks for the reply. :)
@@MarceloDurham It's a very cool village hall, but we did all the set dressing!
Love it! :-)
Thank you!
Poor Rat lolz 🤣
He had an amazing time, there's no "poor Rat" here!
Yeah I bet he had a good time 🤣 but man that other robot had a nicer guitar . Hence Poor Rat
@@fedexnman 🤣
mmmmm pink wafers........
So delicious!
@@Penfriendrocks nom nom! But heed my warning! When you run out of Rice Krispies and Corn Flakes, no matter how desperately you need breakfast, DO NOT stick pink wafers in a bowl with milk - it really doesn't work. Not sure why I thought it would. Poor reasoning brought on by low blood sugar I assume.