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Lyrics, CDs and downloads are available at https://ringlefinchuk.bandcamp.com/album/tall-tales. 

Four years in the making and entirely self-produced, 'Tall Tales' is the first full-length album from London-based alternative folk band Ringlefinch. 

With dark-humoured, wittily introspective lyrics set to upbeat, offbeat earworm tunes and a strong folk-storytelling sensibility, 'Tall Tales' centres on themes of identity, exploring how we all tell ourselves stories of who we are to try and make sense of our place in the world. This sense of self-determination even extends to the production of the album - the band recorded and mixed it on equipment they built themselves.

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"Pomme De Lune"
Growing up in the Peak District in England, miles from the ocean, made Ringlefinch singer Andy a bit jealous of all the great shanties that coastal folks seemed to have. Derbyshire folk songs are grand and lovely, and have a sensibility all their own, but “Lowlands Away”? “Roll Alabama”? “Running Down To Cuba”? Anthems, one and all! Taking cues from Baron Munchausen to “Yellow Submarine”, "Pomme De Lune" is our stab at writing a shanty for the Pennines - an anti-sea-shanty, if you will. 

Featuring Alice Quayle on bassoon.

Song: Logan
Music: Ringlefinch
©&℗ Ringlefinch 2021, all rights reserved
Released on Folkroom Records

Pomme De Lune

Steam Powered Giraffe's very first album was originally released in 2009. By 2011, founding member Erin Burke (who played the robot Upgrade) had left the band to pursue other opportunities. Since the band only had one album at the time, during their 2011-2012 performances at the San Diego Zoo, the band decided to change this album to feature just the current robot lineup. This included new cover art, the removal of Erin Burke's vocals, and the replacement of the song "I Am Not Alone" with the song "Ice Cream Parade". 

This version features the original release of Album One as it was in 2009, with the robot Upgrade, her vocals, and her song "I Am Not Alone". It also includes the track Ice Cream Parade from the 2011 release as a bonus.

Album One (2021 Re-release)

Captain Albert Alexander

Purchase this album as a CD or digital on our online store!:
https://www.spgiraffestore.com/collections/music-albums/products/steam-powered-giraffe-the-2-show-cd

2012 brought the highly anticipated release of “The 2¢ Show,” Steam Powered Giraffe's second studio album. The 2¢ Show gives listeners a one-way ticket with the robots on-the-road through an antique America that is filled with both magic and mystery. Join Rabbit, The Spine, and The Jon as they travel to romanticized echoes of various eras. Eras such as the wild and weird west, where Jackalopes yodeled alongside singing cowboys and Giant Rattlesnakes were king. Aboard an enchanted steamboat, they head deep into a mystical south, finding Bog Spirits who boogie to twisted Zydeco tunes. From a decaying past, dieselpunk fables and crooning records melt with electric folk pop and psychedelic radiation to create the unique, yet timeless sound Steam Powered Giraffe makes.

The 2¢ Show

Automatonic Electronic Harmonics

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The Albumest Album to Ever Album!
Steam Powered Giraffe’s fifth studio album QUINTESSENTIAL!

The antique robot musicians are back from their interstellar adventures in The Vice Quadrant with a brand new 12-track album for your listening pleasure!

Quintessential

I Don’t Have a Name For It

Purchase a digital or CD copy to hear the 10 acoustic versions of the studio tracks! Exclusive to purchases of the album!: https://www.spgiraffestore.com/collections/music-albums/products/1896

Sample the acoustic tracks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip1Jn4Jycpc&ab_channel=SteamPoweredGiraffe

Steam Powered Giraffe's 6th studio album, 1896!

A two disc album featuring a full studio album on one disc and acoustic versions of the studio tracks on the other disc!

Take a harmony-filled musical journey with the robots Zer0, The Spine, & Rabbit in this album featuring brand new songs from the band!

1896

Transform

Eat Your Heart

Steam Powered Giraffe's song Fart Patrol!

Purchase the digital single here!: https://www.spgiraffestore.com/collections/all-products/products/fart-patrol-2021

This song was released as an April Fools joke on April 1st, 2021.
Watch the song's music video here!: https://youtu.be/Y5_zOu_0g2k

Fart Patrol

Ferryman By Shayfer James and Willy Wood

Puppet Loosely Strung

V1
Welcome to Lady Hell
there's no men among the creatures
Cause we prefer to customize every feature
To make sure that hades is the bane of every lady in the the world, whether she's a woman or a girl
V2
You may expect to encounter cliches
Of endless chores, thankless children to raise
But trapping women in a kitchen is too kitsch to be a prison
But here's the real smite of the feminine afterlife

C1
Though there's a crowd in her cell
everyone's preoccupied with everyone else
She can never ever edge a word in herself
Cause no one will listen to her in lady hell

For as sad as it seems
Somehow she’s still holding on to all of her dreams
Even though we know she’ll never break from this spell (whoa, oh, oh)
She can't let go in lady hell

v3
Look around there are no tricks to pass the time
Forever occupied with greener grass upon her mind
and finds no satisfaction in the finest of distractions
Though she dolls herself up she will never quench her passion

We theorized that the greatest form of torture 
is to keep her here and to endlessly ignore her
Took it to market and we did obtain
loneliness is our darkest brand of pain

c2
Though there's a crowd in her cell
everyone's preoccupied with everyone else
She can never ever edge a word in herself
Cause no one will listen to her in lady hell

For as sad as it seems
Somehow she’s still holding on to all of her dreams
Even though we know she’ll never break from this spell (whoa, oh, oh)
She can't let go in lady hell

Bridge
Ahhhhh, Come on there's always room
Ahhhhh, We've saved a place for you

c3
Though there's a crowd in your cell
everyone's preoccupied with everyone else
You can never ever edge a word in yourself
Cause no one will listen to you in lady hell

For as sad as it seems
Somehow you’re still holding on to all of her dreams
Even though we know you’ll never break from this spell (whoa, oh, oh)
You can't let go in lady hell

You’ll never break from this spell
You can’t let go in Lady Hell

Dirt Poor Robins - Welcome To Lady Hell

Society Hook

More than a band. More than a show. Step into the world of Steam Powered Giraffe!

The quirky act combines comedic sketches, improvised banter, and original music fused with harmonies and robot pantomime.

Steam Powered Giraffe is a musical project from San Diego, California. It was formed in 2008 by twin siblings David Michael Bennett and Isabella Bunny Bennett. Together, along with a cast and crew filled with theatrical backgrounds, the group takes on the guise of singing antique automatons and the fictional robotics company that made them.

From their heartwarming nostalgic melodies to their funky cabaret rock, Steam Powered Giraffe’s songs are memorable, infectious, and as unique as the robots themselves.

More than just a band, Steam Powered Giraffe is an experience that must be seen and heard by the entire family.

Albums:

Album One (2009)
Live at the Globe of Yesterdays Tomorrow (2011)
The Two-Cent Show (2011)
MK III (2013)
Live at Walter Robotics Expo 2013 (2014)
The Vice Quadrant: A Space Opera (2015)
Music From SteamWorld Heist (2015)
Quintessential (2016)
1896 (2020)

Fart Patrol

Steam Powered Giraffe

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