PONY have announced a new LP, Clearly Cursed, which will be released on February 13 via Take This to Heart Records. The follow-up to 2023’s Velveteen is led by the bouncy, shimmering new single ‘Middle of Summer’, which actually has a heartbreaking backstory. Check it out below.
“’Middle of Summer’ is a song about the worst summer of my life, when my cat Frep passed away,” singer Sam Bielanski said in a statement. “When I first wrote this song on my phone, it was just a little synthy pop song and I didn’t have any intentions of releasing it. I was looking for a way to honour my best friend and heal from the pain of losing him. When we started working on it together Matty added all these beautiful guitar parts and the song became one of my favourites we have ever written together. I realized we needed to put this song on the record. I like the juxtaposition of this song being kind of upbeat and dancy, but it’s about one of the saddest times in my life.”
Following the release of the album, PONY will go on tour with fellow Artist Spotlight alumni Star 99.
