Ponies On Fire

General | Aug 2006

Reviews

Rob
Reviewed 2006-08-22
Acoustic indie pop led by soft, dreamy tenor vox of the Sufjan ilk. Swaying and wispy, with a good dose of lo-fi fuzz for a stuffy retro aesthetic. See also Richard Swift, Half-Handed Cloud
FCC Clean. Picks: 4, 9, 10, 11, 13

1. 2:41 Low energy. Female vox, with Spanish-inflected guitar strums.
2. 0:44 Bright organ swell fill
3. 3:01 Retro sound with tinkling chimes and processed tonal perc
*4. 2:27 Head-bobbing speakeasy feel.
5. 2:59 Mid energy. Happy lilting melody over darker, empty guitar sounds.
6. 2:50 Low energy. Simple guitar with reverby, distant vox and a quirky melody.
7. 2:29 Ticking drum machine under a somewhat catchy, blippy melody
8. 2:00 Forlorn honkey-tonk instrumental
*9. 1:49 Creaky back porch song. Great, simple folksy melody
*10. 3:55 Mid energy. Rolling ba-dum-bum-bum ditty. Nice electric guitar and reedy organ. Nice wandering guitar outro.
**11. 3:14 Upbeat, melodic finger picking under a rootsy folk dirge/spiritual
12. 1:51 Gliding, gentle guitar waltz
*13. 5:12 Spacey, noisy intro, then lulling, swelling cabaret tune. Hopeful, lazy, and fun. Transition at 1:17 to a somewhat darker, noisy air.
14. 1:50 Quirky guitar ballad with an old-west feel.

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Charting

2006-08-27 — 2006-10-29
Week EndingAirplays
Oct 29 1
Oct 22 2
Oct 15 1
Oct 8 2
Oct 1 1
Sep 24 2
Sep 17 1
Sep 10 2

Track listing

1. Joe
2. Part One
3. Little Boy Lost
4. Too Many Birds
5. Fairy In My House
6. Slow Down Sugar
7. New Century Program
8. Paino Intrmission
9. Mimi Come Home
10. Gov't Brand#2
11. Sing My Lord
12. Casey Aviary