ISSUE# 34.05 JULY 10 – 16, 2019
ship This weekend sees the gorgeous town n whe ic mus with alive e com ngen of Belli ts, stree the Bello Winter Music takes to sold halls, pubs, and funky bars. Saturday is er wint this r ente to keen out so if you’re on. le wigg a get r bette you’d nd wonderla al One of the featured acts at this year’s festiv n Simo face. is Melbourne’s beloved Pony … Echo Bailey spoke with The
PONYFACE FOR BELLO
did Where did it all start for you? How g? ritin ongw ing/s sing ic, you get into mus d, ehol hous ical mus a in up Did you grow n draw you were or ic, mus ical class y stud r othe the t in to it later in life? How abou the into way their nd guys: how did they fi troubadour life? I’d Music life probably started for me when ld’ve wou (I r guita ical class s nick my dad’ been about 11 or 12), put my right ear onto the the top of the hollow body, hearing gs strin low the ng notes inside while playi and late oscil e insid onics and hear the harm ’s distort. I inherited my sister’s boyfriend tape a Strat after that and plugged it into get deck ghetto blaster and cranked it to a was I that After d. that overloaded soun
put was no need for drums on it. But then we … band ece 10-pi a it e mad And drums on it. tfully spec disre of ess proc the g and durin how recording that album I came to realise ed help it’s and it in was g tellin story good the they did m us out ever since. You’ve been touring your latest albu incredible Deja Vu since January 2018 and have Next stop for you guys is the the of Is ther e all ival. not if t Fest ic mos Bello Win ter Mus wowed crowds at hern sout the fans up nd your arou tell es to stag like val d music festi anything you’ you have t the How try. abou coun ngen the Belli of and n part here in Byro ? here up enjoyed touring the festival scene? g doin show you’re have You at. it’s e wher it’s t, grea are vals Festi wanting to play Bello for two or n, We’ve been to try a little harder to make a first impressio ever since we heard about the three years now, but the audiences are very receptive, tation in Melbourne; top it. It has a big cult repu people are great, and everyone’s in a they talk about when your musos always smile mood! Plus you get to hang out with fucking jealous. very being there. We’ve been other music family! . of What else is in store in 2019 Pony Face In 2012 you rele ased a rend ition s song new you Our new record’s out 26 July; the Springsteen’s album Nebraska. Can idly that ting crea of are really fun to play and we’re stup story tell us a little of the to excited to be heading your way. album: how / why did you guys decide ic? class en gste Sprin this r Sat, cove Ponyface play Bello Winter Music Fri, ing I learned to noodle on guitar by play a be ld wou it ght thou I July. and , Sun 12–14 . It was a dare along to Standing on a beach by The Cure project to focus on while our drummer good do. . we s thing most in Cure And I hear The Tickets at www.bellowintermusic.com recovered from heart surgery, because there me. be just t migh But that
a goner for electric guitars. Just always had guitar to play with. Your particular sound has been verbosely ld revi ewe d man y time s. How wou d? soun you describe your n it I try to slip out of that question whe y Ever ed. cuff hand ini comes up, like Houd rent diffe ty pret been has far albu m so and from the last, sometimes purposefully indie d weir like sometimes accidentally, so t folk to produced cold indie pop to krau er murd e scap land to rock m psyche drea to folk to stylised singer/songwriter stuff rock ing primitive caveman knuckle-dragg and yadda yadda… so I try to side-step that the them give or link a le just send peop rd. new reco you With such a rich and complex sonic mix to hard ably prob it’s e, creat band and your of some as say, but whom do you reference es? uenc infl ical your most important mus
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