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A sense of optimism infuses Penguin Cafe's fifth studio album Rain Before Seven... not the braggadocious, overconfident kind, but more a blithe, self-effacing optimism in keeping with the national character. Even when all signs point to the contrary, it operates within the certainty that things are going to be alright. Probably.The title comes from an old weather proverb with the rhyming prognostication - fine before eleven - hinting at a happy ending, irrespective of the science InchI found it in a book and I'd never heard it before,Inch says Arthur Jeffes, leader of Penguin Cafe. InchIt has faintly optimistic overtones and I quite like it. It's fallen out of usage recently but it does describe English weather patterns coming in off the Atlantic.Inch1. Welcome to London2. Temporary Shelter from the Storm 3. In Re Budd4. Second Variety5. Galahad6. Might Be Something7. No One Really Leaves... 8. Find Your Feet9. Lamborghini 75410. Goldfinch Yodel