ZAP TOWN MAG JUKEBOX TUESDAY FEAT. PONY BOY

August 14, 2015  /  Pony Boy

Whenever I see the words “Murder Ballad” in a song, I immediately gravitate to Nick Cave’s “Stagger Lee.” What imagery that conjures up! With a song named like the one Pony Boy selected, you expect something dark and menacing. But this song is neither dark, menacing, nor is it a ballad. Marchelle Bradanini has taken a pop song construction and spun her seductive web around it. For this song — the B-side to the “Not In This Town” single, due July 31 — she creates a dusty trail of American music warped in with some Dusty Springfield and a tint of neo-soul. The song is bouncy and gritty all at the same time. Like a bullet hole nestled in time in some random saloon in Bisbee (or any western town for this matter), it’s hard to gauge a sense of time to this song Bradanini has created a song frozen in place that can easily fit in any decade.

BUZZ BANDS FEATURES NEW PONYBOY BOY TUNE! FREE DOWNLOAD FOR LIMITED TIME

August 14, 2015  /  Pony Boy

Git your download on! Head over to Buzz Bands and check out upcoming jam, Not In This Town!

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Junkyard country songstress Marchelle Bradanini, aka Pony Boy, returns after flying back and forth between L.A. and London, and she lands with the gritty tune “Not In This Town.” As a preview track for her forthcoming record, it’s got a bit more backbone than what we’ve heard from Bradanini. The smoky vocals are still there, but they crackle with more attitude this time around as guitars chug and break and bass lines plunge. Bradanini’s breathy country-rock has always exuded a touch of elegance; here it merely takes on a darker tone.