Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual (2008)

Ponytail
Ice Cream Spiritual
Release date: 21 Jul 2008
Label: We Are Free

Tracklist
1. Beg Waves
2. G Shock
3. 7 Souls
4. Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came From an Angel)
5. Late For School
6. Sky Drool
7. Small Wevs
8. Die Allman Bruder

Links:
rapidshare | megaupload

Pitchfork (8.4/10)
While Japanese noise-rock or latter-day indie prog come to mind, the band I keep thinking about while listening to Ice Cream Spiritual-- and this even without proper tunes-- is the Pixies. Something about the twists and turns these songs take-- the way they don't quite work like they're supposed to and so wind up working better-- has the feel of Surfer Rosa/Doolittle at their most chaotic. At times it seems like Ponytail took the second half of "Tame", the point where Frank Black is reduced to heavy breathing and throat-shredding screams while Kim Deal lets out her "Ah-ah-ah" sighs, and extended that minute-long section to album length. And you could see these guys writing something about a superhero named Tony.