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"Showcasing a seamless blend of playful fingerpicking with surging synths, the anthemic production sways between moments of intensity and tender introspection, making for a tune that’s both cathartic and catchy."
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| Ottawa-Hull-based indie-rock band Pony Girl are masters of art pop, invigorating stages with a prismatic sound that’s all their own. After releasing their debut LP with Paper Bag Records (and third LP in general), Enny One Wil Love You, last year, today, Pony Girl kicks off a new era with the announcement of their forthcoming LP, Laff It Off, out 10/27 via Paper Bag Records. |
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Laff It Off - Release Bio:
If you don’t wanna be working every day, or believe in nothing, or feel like a wannabe, sometimes all you can do is Laff It Off. Pony Girl’s sophomore album for Paper Bag Records casts the warm light of golden hour onto their artpop, guiding characters who are floating towards hope.
Praised for their “alluring” music “lush with synths, sax and sultry vocals” (Brooklyn Vegan), “emotive and expressive” songs (CBC Radio), and “gorgeous… modern-rock tapestry” (Ottawa Citizen), Pony Girl will awe you with Laff It Off, their most optimistic statement yet.
Laff It Off urges you to let go, a playful departure from the shade of its sister album Enny One Wil Love You. Its spirited title track chants “I don’t wanna be working every day” over and over, rejecting labour and floating on with the tentative smile of those yellow happy face balloons. Playful fingerpicking gives way to surging synths for an opener as catchy as it is cathartic. You’re in Pony Girl’s world now.
From stage fright to sex work, Pascal Huot and Yolande Laroche craft a world of personas with honey-rich voices and a moving desire to persevere. “Highways” softly bends with the fragility of new love, “Wannabe” croons that we’re all performing onstage and off, and “I Believe In Nothing” releases us from darkness with careening guitars, distortion, and pure freedom.
Pony Girl is a kaleidoscope of pop unlike any other, turning everyday life into mesmerizing melodies, rock and electronic production. In true indie fashion, the Ottawa-Hull collective self-released their first two records (Show Me Your Fears in 2013, and Foreign Life in 2015) before signing with Paper Bag Records to unveil Enny One Wil Love You in 2022.
Laff It Off will take to the skies this fall. Should you find your shoes are made of stone, this album is the very push you need to move forward. Rest in its glow. |
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Laff It Off - TRACKLISTING
01. Laff It Off
02. Highways
03. Never Again
04. I Believe In Nothing
05. Come Good
06. Laura
07. I Am Water
08. Wannabe
09. Greater Than Good |
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To commemorate the announcement of their new record, Pony Girl have additionally shared the record's first single and title track, "Laff It Off," along with an accompanying music video.
As the band wrote of the track: "'Laff It Off' is air to the grind's fire, a balloon lift above and beyond the 9-to-5. It’s brushing off the heaviness of labour and floating on through a pseudo-Talking Heads chorus that’s so simple yet true. We first wrote, 'I don’t wanna be working every day,' as a lark, but ultimately fell for it as a chant to get through the next shift."
Video director Brittany Delgaty continued:
"We all crave adventure, desire fulfillment and seek out what makes us happy. But what happens when we lose ourselves in the search for something better?
This video was a really fun opportunity to weave this idea into Pony Girl's visual universe. We've been playing with the happy face balloon in both videos and album covers - and we loved that the band took it further by incorporating the balloon into some of their merch and live shows. But the balloon has only ever been a prop, and 'Laff It Off' transforms it into something bigger (literally). In this video, the balloon comes alive, engorging itself on the feelings of the characters and taking them along with it as it grows. The larger the smile, the more threatening it is.
Like 'Age of Anxious' and 'Running in Circles,' we hope the 'Laff It Off' video sparks some curiosity in viewers by making them think about where they see themselves in the story, and what might happen if they got lost in their own pursuit of happiness."
Recipients of the Prix FEQ Emerging Artist Award in 2016 for their 'high level of innovation and musicality…exceptional performance quality and on-stage presence' as well as two Capital Music Awards wins for their 2022 album, Pony Girl has seen consistent praise from various media for their 'evocative soundscapes' (CBC Radio), their 'ability to push the boundaries that define pop-rock' (Mixtape Magazine), and a 'musical depth quite astonishing to experience' (Exclaim!).
Stay tuned for Pony Girl's forthcoming album Laff It Off, out 10/27 via Paper Bag Records. |
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 | | Pony Girl - "Laff It Off" [OFFICIAL VIDEO] |
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PONY GIRL LIVE
June 16 - Toronto, ON - The Monarch Tavern - NXNE
June 24 - Calgary, AB - Royal Canadian Legion Branch 1 - Sled Island
July 13 - Montreal, QC - Diving Bell Social Club
July 14 - Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Bluesfest @ Lebreton Flats |
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