Artist : PONY
Album : TV Baby
Label : Take This To Heart
Genre : Rock
Bitrate : 991 kbps avg
Source : CD
Playtime : 00:29:29 (209.1MB)
Rls date : 2021-04-10
Store date : 2021-04-09
Encoder : FLAC 1.3.1
[Track List]
1. Chokecherry 2:45
2. WebMD 2:17
3. By The Way 3:01
4. Furniture 2:32
5. Couch 2:31
6. My Room 2:19
7. Sometime Later 3:27
8. Cry 3:15
9. Sunny D 3:48
10. Swore 3:34
TV Baby, the debut LP from Toronto power-pop act PONY,
feels like itÆs programmed from a different era. Driven by
vocalist/guitarist Sam BielanskiÆs sharp vocal tones and
flashy, driving rhythm, the band combines cheeky 1980s
style with 1990s self-reliance and modern production sheen
for an experience caught between worlds. ItÆs hooky and
vibrant, but donÆt mistake exuberance for extroversion. TV
Baby is an album dedicated to the indoor cats, the
introverts, and those who value their independence above
anything else.
Bielanski, along with close friends Matty Morand (Pretty
Matty) and Lucas Horne, have taken a piecemeal approach to
worldbuilding here. TheyÆll take you to the band computer,
where SamÆs frantically typing symptoms into a search bar
into ôWebMD,ö where body horror meets sugar-rushed
guitars. Next comes a thorny survey of the ôFurniture,ö
fuzzy and scuff-marked, before letting you crash on the
ôCouch,ö a pop-punk ode to discovering new parts of
yourself while the world rolls past. When others are
present in this internal monologue, like those hurt and
driven to ôCry,ö theyÆre greeted with the same maximalist
pop-rock. In PONYÆs gig economy, riffs beat out the
rearview mirror. Saddle up alongside them and your joyride
is guaranteed.