Pony
His debut: twelve songs, opening with "Dead of Night".
Orville Peck, 2019
Pony has twelve tracks: "Dead of Night", "Winds Change", "Turn to Hate", "Buffalo Run", "Queen of the Rodeo", "Kansas (Remembers Me Now)", "Old River", "Big Sky", "Roses Are Falling", "Take You Back (The Iron Hoof Cattle Call)", "Hope to Die" and "Nothing Fades Like the Light". Peck sang and played guitar, banjo and keyboards; Duncan Hay Jennings played guitar and keyboards, Lucas Savatti bass, Kris Bowering drums and Tina Jones banjo, and Koop added guitar. It reached 5 on the Heatseekers chart, 27 on the Independent chart and 8 in the UK Americana chart.
Clash placed it tenth on its albums of 2019 and NME 39th; Exclaim!'s Matt Bobkin heard solid entries to the classic country canon of Glen Campbell and Loretta Lynn.
Track listing
- Dead of Night3:59
- Winds Change2:59
- Turn to Hate4:56
- Buffalo Run3:39
- Queen of the Rodeo3:18
- Kansas (Remembers Me Now)3:36
- Old River1:02
- Big Sky3:32
- Roses Are Falling3:06
- Take You Back (The Iron Hoof Cattle Call)3:28
- Hope to Die4:30
- Nothing Fades Like the Light3:47
More from Orville Peck
Bronco (2022), Stampede (2024), Mule (2026)
Sources
- Pony (Orville Peck album), Wikipedia
- Pony, Sub Pop
- Orville Peck, Pony, The Line of Best Fit (2019-03-19)