"The Breakfast Club on PCP"
When I saw Ponytail in mid-2009 in a bungalo at UCI, I really didn't know what to expect. Apart from hearing their first album, Kamehameha [Creative Capitalism, 2007] when it came out, I didn't know much about the band at all. An hour and 30 mosh pits later, I was completely hooked. We bought the record and spent the next few weeks listening to it non-stop. It's characteristic chants and rave ups completely filled my brain and geared me up for that summer. Everything seemed better than it was; friends were more than friends, records more than pieces of plastic, Molly Siegel was more than human.
The singing on this record is probably the most insane you'll hear this side of Nick Blinko. Molly Siegel really just lets it all go when she sings. Really, this is the purest noise pop you can really get. Completely void of pretense, full of naivete and completely bizarre. Their B-more brethren, Animal Collective, really are to thank for this and they can't really even hold a candle to this sound. While everything is completely and wonderfully insane, there isn't anything that will confuse you on this record. Everything makes sense, everything is in it's right place and above all, everything on this record oozes with love.
Download
Daytrotter
Buy It!!!!!!
When I saw Ponytail in mid-2009 in a bungalo at UCI, I really didn't know what to expect. Apart from hearing their first album, Kamehameha [Creative Capitalism, 2007] when it came out, I didn't know much about the band at all. An hour and 30 mosh pits later, I was completely hooked. We bought the record and spent the next few weeks listening to it non-stop. It's characteristic chants and rave ups completely filled my brain and geared me up for that summer. Everything seemed better than it was; friends were more than friends, records more than pieces of plastic, Molly Siegel was more than human.The singing on this record is probably the most insane you'll hear this side of Nick Blinko. Molly Siegel really just lets it all go when she sings. Really, this is the purest noise pop you can really get. Completely void of pretense, full of naivete and completely bizarre. Their B-more brethren, Animal Collective, really are to thank for this and they can't really even hold a candle to this sound. While everything is completely and wonderfully insane, there isn't anything that will confuse you on this record. Everything makes sense, everything is in it's right place and above all, everything on this record oozes with love.
Download
Daytrotter
Buy It!!!!!!
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