I immediately fell in love with the band who this day are probably the closest thing that I have heard to replicating the Pixies. There are other influences or sounds but the fact they start off a song with the lyrics “I met Black Francis in a dream” let you know their intentions.
I was hoping for big things but even with a tad bit of media attention, they broke up after.
In 1996, Homestead released El Dorado- ostensibly a second album but really just an odd and sods cleaning of the closet.
I thought they were going to break through, but what I didn’t expect was how.
You see the drummer and vocalist for the trio Jimmy James would become much more famous as James Murphy who does business as LCD Soundsystem.
Info on Pony seems rare probably not helped by many artists with the same or similar name. Even Murphy’s Wikipedia bio neglects detail on the band.
There was for a time a MySpace presence but now the top Google hit is a years ago Reddit thread on the LCD Soundsystem subreddit. Both albums are on streaming now.
Allmusic and Spotify listeners also tend to group 2006s Motorcar with the bands work and though it sounds similar, Last FM distinguishes it as a separate three piece band based out of Boston. That the band broke up in 95 and were New York City based leads me to believe the new band is not related.
As does the band’s Last Fm bio, whose short two paragraphs is perhaps the closest thing to a definitive bio on the internet.
It says the band had a lot of inner animosity and these days, guitarist Dallas Crowe teaching at a Liberal Arts College and bassist Kitty DuBois running a successful business on the lower East Side.
Anyway, I love this album (EP or double EP if you will) and still think it’s great
1994 - Homestead
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