Oar On, Penelope!
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| Released | May 30, 2025 | |||
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| Genre | College rock[2] | |||
| Length | 37:26 | |||
| Label | Yep Roc | |||
| Producer | Scott McCaughey | |||
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| Singles from Oar On, Penelope! | ||||
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Oar On, Penelope! is the sixteenth studio album by American pop rock band The Minus 5. It was released on May 30, 2025, through Yep Roc Records, in CD, LP and digital formats.[3]
Produced by Scott McCaughey and mixed by Ed Stasium, Oar On, Penelope!, was preceded by Calling Cortez in 2023 and was noted as a college rock album.[2] It consists of twelve tracks ranging between one and three minutes each, with a total runtime of approximately thirty-seven minutes. The album's lead single, "Words & Birds", was released on February 10, 2025.[3][4][5]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Mojo | [2] |
| Uncut | [7] |
The album was described by AllMusic as "the sort of spontaneously joyous record that reminds us it's a great thing he's still with us and making music."[6]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Mojo remarked, "Ed Stasium, the veteran producer of the Ramones, gives these raw sessions a galvanizing roar: this is college rock meant to be blasted over the radio, a record as vigorous as it is joyous," and assigned the album a four-star rating.[2]
Bud Scoppa of Uncut gave it a rating of seven out of ten and noted in his review, "Long-running side project adds another branch to its twisted family tree."[7]