Back it June we shared the title track from Laff It Off, the forthcoming album from Ottawa-Hull’s Pony Girl on Paper Bag Records. The record has been described as a sister record of previous release Enny One Will Love You, and the first single was itself a twin of past song, ‘Running in Circles‘. Where the latter offered simmering anger in the face of another mundane day in work, ‘Laff It Off’ lived up to the titular motto and chose a more positive view. “The new single presents us with the same situation but reacts differently,” as we put it, “a refusal in the face of the employment grindstone which emerges with bright humanity intact.”
With the album due this autumn, Pony Girl have now returned with brand new single, ‘I Believe in Nothing’. A song which again faces up to the demoralising truths of reality without internalising the consequences, opting instead to allow the related thoughts and emotions to merely run off their backs. “Everything is absurd and meaningless, but that’s a positive,” as the band explain. “‘I Believe In Nothing’ is a mantra for detachment, for releasing yourself of strong emotions, for taking control of your life.” The mood is brought to life with the outfit’s distinctively colourful art pop style, building towards a triumphant crescendo which soars high above any strife. Check out the video below, with animation from Shiyi Li:
Laff It Off is out on the 27th October via Paper Bag Records and you can pre-order it now from the Pony Girl Bandcamp page.
Photo by François Mittins, art direction and design by Pascal Huot