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The Magic Gang

from Sunday Carvery by emperor penguin

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    2022 CD release on Kool Kat Rekords. Made of genuine plastic! Recorded in glorious stereo! Comes with a gorgeous sleeve created by Nigel Winfield evoking the golden age of British roadside dining menus.

    Ranked #5 best album of 2022 by International Pop Overthrow.
    Ranked #8 best album of 2022 by Powerpopaholic.com.
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    David Bash of IPO says, (and he should know), “Wow, on their latest album, ‘Sunday Carvery’, London’s Emperor Penguin really toughen up their sound, borrowing a few shillings from late ‘60s UK psych and ‘90s Britpop, all the while retaining, and perhaps even bettering, their well-honed contemporary melodic sensibilities. A very pleasant surprise!”

    “A cracking listen... a fabulous album.” I Don’t Hear a Single

    "Sunday Carvery is a 13 course meal that you simply do not want to miss.” Powerpop News

    'EMPEROR PENGUIN comes out of the lockdown with their best record. SUNDAY CARVERY is British through and through, like The Kinks, Elvis Costello, or XTC, but don’t expect a retro sound; the band is firmly rooted in the present tense.' Sweet Sweet Music

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about

The Magic Gang tells the amazing tale of the stage magician Jasper Maskelyne, who was enlisted by the army in World War II for his special skills. According to Maskelyne, a third generation showman and unreliable narrator, he created an experimental division that used techniques of magic and illusion to confuse and defeat the enemy. Accounts of the effectiveness of his contribution vary.

In the book on WW2 deception, Ghosts of the ETO, Jonathan Gawne argued that Maskelyne was not responsible for all the deception work he claimed and that Dudley Clarke deserved the lion's share of credit. In 2002 The Guardian wrote: "Maskelyne received no official recognition. For a vain man this was intolerable and he died an embittered drunk. It gives his story a poignancy without which it would be mere chest-beating".

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The Magic Gang

In a little shop on Christmas steps
With playing cards and cabinets
I met a man in evening dress
Who wasn’t there but nonetheless
He told me of his crazy plans
In camouflage on burning sands
With paper tanks and paper guns
A desert fox that’s on the run.

We’re the Magic Gang
We make it come true
We’re the Magic Gang
And we’re coming for you
We’re coming for you

Upper class and strange
I was steeped in lore
From the west end stage, to
Theatre of war
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
We’re the Magic Gang
From here to Kathmandu
We’re the Magic Gang
And we’re coming for you
We’re coming for you

I was the third in line
Of the brotherhood
With a tank command
Made of earth and wood.

We’re the Magic Gang
We oversee the weird
We’re the Magic Gang
The mystery you feared
We’re coming for you

The Indian sword basket!
The amazing crystal casket!
Catching bullets in our teeth
Mystic powers beyond belief
Hiding Suez with false trails
Making Rommel chase his tail.

We’re the Magic Gang
We flatter to deceive
We’re the Magic Gang
With nothing up our sleeves
We’re coming for you

We’re the Magic Gang
We have a secret lair
And when the war was won
We vanished in thin air
We’re coming for you

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from Sunday Carvery, released March 28, 2022

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Savage Frenzy Productions is proud to present those peerless purveyors of powerful pop: EMPEROR PENGUIN.
Nigel: guitar, bass, vocals
JT: guitar, bass, vocals, harmonica, ebow
Rich: drums
Neil: guitar, vocals, keyboards, computer stuff ... more

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