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Laced With Romance
Ponys
Laced With Romance
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
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To put it kindly, this Chicago quartet lacks a commanding vocalist. But Jered Gummere, the Tom Verlaine fan who most often takes the mic, would rather cajole than command anyway. "Let's Kill Ourselves," easily the most pla...  more »

     
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All Artists: Ponys
Title: Laced With Romance
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: In the Red Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2000
Re-Release Date: 3/2/2004
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Hardcore & Punk, Indie & Lo-Fi, Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 759718510928, 669910440667

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To put it kindly, this Chicago quartet lacks a commanding vocalist. But Jered Gummere, the Tom Verlaine fan who most often takes the mic, would rather cajole than command anyway. "Let's Kill Ourselves," easily the most playful suicide note since Elton John's "I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself," is less an order than an invitation to make a lark out of depression. Similarly, the Ponys' deep, reverberant sound toys with a Jesus and Mary Chain-style darkness only to tweak it, as when a guitar riff from the a Crystals' girl-group classic "And Then He Kissed Me" lumbers out of the depths of "Fall In." In each of the singers' unfulfilled vocal aspirations, and in the way the upward-scrawling guitars refuse to be set straight by the forthright drumming, you can hear a band whose limitations have thankfully forced them to translate punk tradition into their own idiosyncratic language. --Keith Harris

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Album of the year
Matthew E. Armstrong | San Antonio, Texas USA | 07/19/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"There's few experiences as rewarding as discovering a great new band, and that's just what we have here. There is awesome songcraft here: beautifully layered guitar sounds, irresistible riffs, awesome beats.
The sound is a unique blend of Blondie-esque pop punk and hard edged guitar punk.
Buy it, you won't be disappointed. And if they're playing your town, make sure to catch them. They're even better live."
One of the better rock albums this year!!
Joe | Illinois | 04/14/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album rocks! Its loud, noisy, rock-n-roll. Chicago has been waiting to get put back on the map as a place that rocks and this maybe the band to do that. They remind me of old sonic youth or dinosaur jr. a little bit and at times even the cure, but a lot louder and noisier than the cure. Overall this is a great album one of the better albums to come out of Chicago in years. I recommend getting this one and catching this band live before they hit it big."
Ponys rock!
Joe | 03/27/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)

"they play very catchy pop rock songs. with kind of a glam rock singer who also sounds like the singer in the Violent Femmes. the first song is awesome. it's a very standard riff that plays over and over but it sounds great. they have a fun energy. The songs usually get into a groove and stay with it pretty much through out the song but it's great! their music makes you want to move. The band also has some songs with some different kinds of song writing. not as simple songwriting and they're great too! The band pull it off by going with what works and sounds kick-ass. this band reminds me of the Jesus and Mary Chain. and a little like the Ramones. not amazing but above above-average."