New Young Pony Club: Live

2007-05-28 11:05:32

New Young Pony Club had a tough act to follow after Kate Nash’s note-perfect set, but the most eagerly-anticipated band of the night didn’t fail to live up to the high expectations that had been heaped upon them. Frontwoman Tahita Bulmer could ruthlessly wipe out the entire cultural phenomenon of shoegazing with just one careless flick of her hair which, by the way, is worn in a right-side ponytail tonight. This girl is fierce, and doesn't she know it.
    
At one point, she encourages the crowd to perform a Mexican wave, filming them as she does so and saying that she: “wants it to be good enough to put on Youtube.” Their biggest hit The Bomb set the room alight and almost everyone on the floor of Rock City is dancing to Igor Volk’s addictive bass riff. Ice Cream gives it a run for its money though, as it gets nearly as many people singing along to Bulmer’s seductive lyrics and almost robotic vocal delivery.
    
She manages to successfully dodge the cavalcade of glowsticks that were still being hurled at the stage (were Myspace handing them out to every gig-goer that went in to the hall?!), but the rest of her band members aren’t so lucky. To see a crowd shot, click here. An enraged Andy Spence finishes the set by hurling all of the glowsticks on stage back at the crowd, which only means they have more fuel for the next band; the fool!
    
Review: Michelle Dhillon
    
Images: Luke Sprague
    

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