Penelope Road

Penelope Road are a five-piece band from Atlanta who blend soul and funk with 1970s pop. Singers Max Moore and Charles Eastman share lead vocals, with plenty of harmonies and choruses that stick in your head. The bass gives their songs a laid-back groove, whilst the guitars and keyboards are given free rein. They also bring their love of that older music onto the stage, where a track by the Eagles or America regularly features. The band takes its name from the street where the members lived together and wrote their first songs. A video of ‘Out Tonight’, recorded in the loft of their student flat, attracted a lot of attention online. For the EP ‘The Diamond Street Sessions’, the five of them then recorded in the same studio space. This allowed them to continue fine-tuning the songs together there as well. On ‘Chance Encounter’ from 2025, the harmonies in particular are given more prominence, with full choruses accompanying distinctly romantic lyrics.