Pony (CD)
Orville Peck
Amoeba Review
08/31/2020
The mysterious, masked Orville Peck presents an album of pseudo-cowboy country with notes of shoegaze and indie Americana, over which he croons in a lush baritone. Songs like “Turn To Hate” offer a subdued catchiness and shimmering twangy guitar; “Dead of Night” is a moodier ballad lifted up by the soaring vocal in the chorus. The deliberate kitschiness is balanced out by strong songwriting and arrangements, combined with undeniable vocal chops.