"The first time I ever heard Pony Face I was hypnotized and agitated all at once. I couldn't move until I inhaled every last, achingly beautiful sound, but I also had that impatient need to find out who the fuck they were and where they were from. Pony Face are from Melbourne and I've seen them live, how spoiled are we in this town? Looking very forward to whatever they do next."
Fee B Squared - 3RRR


Warning bell : Such attention to detail in Pony Face songs. This particular track's got a beautifully morose melody that's been stuck in my head for days. I'm really looking forward to a big listen of the new record.
Steph Hughes - Triple J

'Sea and the Dunes' always demands attention when I play it on the stereo at home, the lonesome sounds sucking the listener in. 'Warning Bell' shows that these guys make the most of the studio when they record too. The way the song builds form its sparse beginning and the vocals are just out there on their own...bleak...but in a very cool way. Pony Face are a very interesting band who are into creating an atmosphere with their music. Imagine Paul Kelly on hallucinogenics in Utah....wandering around monument valley with his guitar...
Matt Walker

"Two days is a lovely song, all plangent guitars barely masking bittersweet, urgent quality that rumbles just below the surface of the song only to reveal itself in the final 30 seconds or so. If this is any indication of its quality, I look forward to their forthcoming debut album."
Clem Bastow - Inpress- Single of the Week

 TWO DAYS SINGLE
I really like this track, it makes me smile and it’s easy to listen to. Most of the music I'm sent gets ejected and trashed within the first thirty seconds of play for just being utter crap. Pony Face was surprising on two accounts: the cover art for this single is really cool, almost eerie, and the track itself is pleasant. Taken from the forthcoming self-titled debut album which I will be looking to get my hands on, 'Two Days' is a well-crafted four-minute consumption of time – time I was happy to part with.

It is hard to write a whole review based on one track, not to mention I don’t like doing it as it is fraught with presumption and any opinion has to be considered unreliable; after all, we have seen far too many artists with one good track buffering a remaining album full of crap. I like to think given the folksy campfire-circle style and sound of this track that this will not be the case.

Pony Face have an incredibly summery sound, like dust particles dancing in the sunlight or the feeling a really good art-house film gives you. It reminds me of relaxing drives to the beach with the windows rolled all the way down, the warm summer air blowing against my skin. This track just makes me feel happy and relaxed. I keep playing it over again and don’t seem to get sick of hearing it, so that has to be a good sign right?
Rabbit Hole Urban Music - Nick Hutchins

BIOGRAPHY

Achingly Beautiful Pony Face are back with impressive new sounds less than a year after the successful release of their debut LP ?Stars are Bright?. Their layered sounds, laced with rich, warm sonic tapestries and the uncanny ability to break hearts with a cinematic sense of colour and mood accelerates to another level during a live performance.
Pony Face enjoyed accepting invites to play at St Kilda Festival, The Hills are Alive and Apollo Bay Music Festival during the early half of 2011. Their unique sounds impressed ?festival-goers? and music lovers; clearly displaying this is a band who defies genres, boundaries and almost all of 'the rules'.
On release, 'Stars are Bright' received high rotation on Triple R, a Soundscape listing for Top New Releases in November 2010 and invitations to perform in the studios of both Melbourne radio stations, Triple R and PBSFM. Quite a nice follow on from their 2007 debut EP ?Bearded Little Girls?, which equally received airplay, and earned Pony Face an invite to the Triple R end of year outside broadcast; the first independent band to be invited to this well loved local event.
They are a classic three piece with a difference. Simon Bailey pacifies heavily effected fender guitar with vocals, melded by bassist Anth Dymke adding rich analog soundscapes with synths and harmonium, and drummer Kris Emond pulling noise from varied instruments via roland space echo. Their connection and respect for each other's creative expression is unmistakable both on and off stage and invites listeners to beasmuchapartofthe music as the instruments themselves.
With a silvertone voice reminiscent of Cohen and Dando, vocalist and lyricist Simon Bailey, writes songs that range from brooding to blissful. The songwriting temperament- invariably sweeping, creates songs,
which are felt as much as they are heard. The result is soundscape music; best heard while driving a surreal highway that links the crystalline intimacy of Sparklehorse, the cosmic post rock of Mogwai and the uniquely Australian sound of the Dirty Three.
The band returned to the studio in May, working with Producer Casey Rice; who has produced recordings of The Dirty Three, and Tortoise. The first two tracks taken from Pony Face's upcoming album 'Hypnotised' were released September 2011 as a Double A side 7 inch.
Pony Face are prolific artists, who challenge themselves to constantly improve and evolve creatively. They are in every sense of the phrase, ?a truly Australian Indie band?, with a natural instinct that keeps them constantly separate from the pack. Definitely a band to keep your eyes and ears on.

For more information email:kath@ponyface.com.au

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