Pony Club

Signed To The Setanta Label You Could Be Forgiven For Thinking That Dublin's Mark Cullen Is The Next Neil Hannon. Pony Club Are Actually Quite A Different Beast Though Cullen Has A Similar Ear For A Great Melody But His Style Is Aggressive And Confrontational. 'CCTV' Is Typical - Buzzsaw Punk Guitars And Gritty Lyrics Railing Against Modern Cliches "I'm Watching Hilfiger Glamourise Violence In Every Run Down Satellite Highrise" . With More In Common With Babybird Cullen's Barbed Lyrics Are Masked By Sweet Contemporary Tunes 'Fuck With My Heart' 'Stop' 'Millions Like Us' . He Can Play The Wounded Torch Singer A La Marc Almond Just As Well With The Self-Pitying Yet Admirable 'Single'. Whereas 'Tenderness' 'Flakey Wife' And 'Happy Families' Are Simply Great Sounding Songs With Chart Potential. All Of Which Makes 'Home Truths' A Very Special Fully-Formed Album Even More So As It's A Debut. Pony Club Homepage read less