Names are important. To name something is to define it. Doing so gives you power. And for years it felt like Dead Pony’s name was all too fitting. They were going nowhere, not fulfilling their potential, never catching a break; flogging, as the saying goes, a Dead Pony. That all changed however with their debut album. Designed specifically to catch attention, its title dared listeners to ‘Ignore This’, with a sound that was inventive and arresting. The gambit worked, so the follow-up uses that same strategy. It’s called ‘Eat My Dust!’. They know how good it is.
Dead Pony are a rock band whose music mixes swaying, swaggery riffs with repeating vocal patterns, but not just that. There’s a thrilling sense of adventure to their music. You’re never quite sure what to expect.
‘What If?’ begins with a repeating piano part, like an evil version of Madonna’s ‘Frozen’. It threatens to head towards pop music territory before descending into buzzing, technical riffing and distorted...
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