January 10, 1999
London Highbury Garage
With the exception of the riff-ridden opener [B]'Easy Way Down'[/B], most of the material [a]Snowpony[/a] take from their recent [B]'The Slow Motion World Of...'[/B] album only serves to highlight t
Tonight, Snowpony have attempted to up their thin vibes by providing some '50s holiday camp light entertainment. This comes in the shape of four stripping dwarves - a troupe who go by the name of The Half Monty. Ho ho. What next? The Wheelchair Village People warming up for 2 Live Crew?
With the exception of the riff-ridden opener 'Easy Way Down', most of the material Snowpony take from their recent 'The Slow Motion World Of...' album only serves to highlight their lack of rock'n'roll attitude. Frankly, they don't seem to care about what they're doing, so why should we? Katherine Gifford's vocals occasionally rise above the melee with tales of midnight runs from London's fashionable indie-ghetto Dalston, but they have all the emotive acidity of boiled sweets laced with anti-depressants.
The early evening's dodgy support reveals just how desperate they are to elevate their game beyond their lauded individual histories (My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, Moonshake). These desperate, exploitative measures fail to bring anything to this dull coffee morning. The magic of the past seems destined to remain there.
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