PONY GIRL – Electronic Press Kit

Pressure makes diamonds, bad life decisions, and Pony Girl. Acclaimed for their “evocative soundscapes” (CBC Radio), “ability to push the boundaries that define ‘pop-rock’” (Mixtape Magazine), and “musical depth quite astonishing to experience” (Exclaim!), the artpop group is well worth mining.

Enny One Wil Love You, Pony Girl’s Paper Bag Records debut, holds a mirror to our negative cycles for an album that’s as alluring as self-sabotage. Don’t let the title from a childhood painting fool you. Perpetual wartime, teenage temptations, false idols—we’re always crashing the same car in some form or another. So did the band, quite literally, in the lead-up to the album release. Pony Girl have braved much together, and their music is stronger for it.

Pascal Huot and Yolande Laroche’s duets anchor it all, wonderfully illuminating the inner worlds of imperfect characters. “King of the Country Club” smashes ego’s crown with warped harmonies and clarinet, “Age of Anxious” throbs with bass and unrequited love, and title track “Enny One Wil Love You” journeys through disappointment like a dizzying video game. The Ottawa-Hull band brings a shimmering pop sensibility to rock and electronic production, scoring familiar conflicts with a prismatic sound that’s all their own.
–Jill Krajewski

“A gorgeous collection of shoe-gazing songs set in a modern-rock tapestry that combines chamber-pop instrumentation and churning electronics.” –Ottawa Citizen

“Pony Girl have established a vibrant multi-genre sound led by messages that are as vulnerable as they are alluring – and with this latest outing they continue along the same artistic path with finesse.” –Earmilk

“Honest, eccentric, and stimulating, Pony Girl have done something magical with their new release.” –Dusty Organ

“We can’t take this thing off repeat.” –Indie Machine

“Their new record finds them more mesmerizing and creative than ever, blurring the boundaries between art pop, indie rock, and electronic production.” –Under The Radar

“With a sound that dazzles as much as it does rock, Enny One Wil Love You has hook after hook to stay in your head for days on end.” –chorus.fm

You have two voices: what you desire and what you choose. Unite them and you’ll find balance. Distance them and you’ll enter a foreign life. A life lived without people getting to know you. A life apart from your real self.

Pony Girl masterfully explore the tension between what we want and what we have on their sophomore album Foreign Life. Guy-girl pop vocals score the foreign lives we create when we cheat on a partner (“Adultery”), lose a friend (“No God”), force a smile (“Foreign Life I”), and further divides separating who we are from how we live. Pascal Huot and Yolande Laroche’s alluring harmony is our paradox as we struggle to close the distance.

Cascading guitars, pulsing beats, and electronic hums colour these stories with extraordinary kaleidoscopic twists and turns. Chords punctuate thoughts. Silences make regret linger. Strings swell with emotion. Foreign Life is a soundtrack to our common memory so vivid, so raw, so urgent that to listen is to relive.

The Ottawa collective of Huot, Laroche, Julien Dussault, Greggory Clark and Jeff Kingsbury have captivated audiences at festivals including FEQ, Arboretum, Ottawa Bluesfest, CityFolk, Ottawa Jazz Festival, and on tour in Canada. Performances thrill as much as mesmerize.
–Jill Krajewski

“Cinematic and intense.” –Ottawa Magazine

“Generously rewards multiple spins.” –CBC Music

“9/10. Pony Girl’s best work yet.” –Exclaim!

“Each note is inhabited with meaning, chasing not just a sound, but also a reason for its particular existence.” –Grayowl Point

“Wonderful, detailed production.” –Ottawa Showbox

“Otherworldly.” –Quick Before It Melts

“So beautiful.” –Ride The Tempo

“The band’s sound has swelled and matured, playing on the dynamics of loud and softer moments for a well-groomed soulfulness that still has teeth.” –CBC Ottawa