Ottawa-Hull art-pop collective Pony Girl are saddling up to release their second album in as many years, led by new single "Laff It Off."
Laff It Off gets cracking on October 27 via Paper Bag. It follows the Exclaim! Staff Picks alumni's 2022 LP, Enny One Wil Love You, and is considered its sister album.
With Pascal Huot and Yolande Laroche at the helm, Laff It Off is billed as Pony Girl's most optimistic statement yet — and that's not just because of the yellow smiley face balloons.
"'Laff It Off' is air to the grind's fire, a balloon lift above and beyond the 9-to-5," the band said of the lead track in a statement. "It's brushing off the heaviness of labour and floating on through a pseudo-Talking Heads chorus that's so simple yet true. We first wrote, 'I don't wanna be working every day,' as a lark, but ultimately fell for it as a chant to get through the next shift."
Driving rhythm led by insistent fingerpicking gives way to a flood of buoyant synths as "Laff It Off" erupts into its gleefully anti-capitalist, singalong-primed chorus and Bombay Bicycle Club-esque bridge. If it's any indication, Pony Girl have once again levelled up their craft — getting even more accessible while retaining the whimsy of their musically dexterous, off-centre arrangements.
Listen to the single below, where you'll also find the album tracklist.
Laff It Off:
1. Laff It Off
2. Highways
3. Never Again
4. I Believe in Nothing
5. Come Good
6. Laura
7. I Am Water
8. Wannabe
9. Greater Than Good
Laff It Off gets cracking on October 27 via Paper Bag. It follows the Exclaim! Staff Picks alumni's 2022 LP, Enny One Wil Love You, and is considered its sister album.
With Pascal Huot and Yolande Laroche at the helm, Laff It Off is billed as Pony Girl's most optimistic statement yet — and that's not just because of the yellow smiley face balloons.
"'Laff It Off' is air to the grind's fire, a balloon lift above and beyond the 9-to-5," the band said of the lead track in a statement. "It's brushing off the heaviness of labour and floating on through a pseudo-Talking Heads chorus that's so simple yet true. We first wrote, 'I don't wanna be working every day,' as a lark, but ultimately fell for it as a chant to get through the next shift."
Driving rhythm led by insistent fingerpicking gives way to a flood of buoyant synths as "Laff It Off" erupts into its gleefully anti-capitalist, singalong-primed chorus and Bombay Bicycle Club-esque bridge. If it's any indication, Pony Girl have once again levelled up their craft — getting even more accessible while retaining the whimsy of their musically dexterous, off-centre arrangements.
Listen to the single below, where you'll also find the album tracklist.
Laff It Off:
1. Laff It Off
2. Highways
3. Never Again
4. I Believe in Nothing
5. Come Good
6. Laura
7. I Am Water
8. Wannabe
9. Greater Than Good