No, I haven't heard it all

There's a fine line between craziness and noise in music. Some of my favorite bands really flirt with that line. They manage to "keep it fresh" as the kids are saying, and at the same time manage to be listenable. Yet the band Ponytail has left me a bit confused. If that fine line was a door they would be playing door bell ditch and answering the door at the same time. The vocals of course* are on the left end of the spectrum (the left end being where Carey Mercer and the like sit). Everything in me wants to say that no, this shouldn't be listenable. But dear lord it is. I definitely wouldn't call it poppy, and yet for all its wildness the music contains numerous hooks.

I realize I'm getting in the bad habit of not mentioning the band I'm talking about 'til the end of my post. Sorry. The band is called Ponytail and the album is named Ice Cream Spiritual. Like the music it shouldn't make sense, but it does. Definitely the most fun I've had listening to an album this year.

Ponytail - 7 Souls
Ponytail - Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came from an Angel)

They'll be in Pittsburgh July 26. I don't see how it could be a boring show.


*You'll realize why the "of course" once you listen