Melbourne’s favourite sons Simon Bailey, Kris Emond and Anth Dymke have crafted a little bit of gold with their second album Hypnotised.
Taking a new direction from their first album Stars Are Bright, the lads have teamed up with local producer Casey Rice (Dirty Three, Liz Phair), a winning collaboration that has created a masterful second album and successfully (as many sophomore efforts struggle to do) continued the evolution and development of the band’s own unique sound.
Humming guitars, textured distortions and unrelenting melodies combine creating a unique and mesmerising sound. With a backbone of throbbing bass lines and rich expansive drums, the album is full of skilled and careful layers.
Opening track ‘Silver Tongue’ gently draws the listener into Pony Face’s musical pulse with Bailey’s nonchalantly cool vocals.
Each song is distinctly unique from the last, yet the album is a cohesive whole, seamlessly flowing together with a sound that embraces the nostalgic while still feeling new and fresh.
The lo-fi guitar growls featured on ‘Disco Cops’ are the perfect seduction, but the most addictive track by far though must be ‘Alabama’; upbeat and refreshing this track will be stuck in your head for days, in the best possible way.
Reflective, hopeful and adventurous, Hypnotised makes you want to venture out into the world and should feature on any self respecting road trip playlist.
Pony Face have created a powerful musical fusion with a sound that is all their own, simultaneously rocking yet chilled, a pleasurable psychedelic paradox to wrap around your ear drums.
