EP Review: Vintage Furniture // Spacepony

Spacepony, Italian psychedelic dream pop band, released their five track EP Vintage Furniture to Soundcloud and with it came an interesting delve into another world.

‘I’ll Find You’ opens the E.P and as its quiet and steady haze fades in, the pairing of the lyrics and melody cast an ominous atmosphere over the track. The raw vocals pair well with this lo-fi dreampop styling of the opening track and create something of a soundtrack-style daydream piece.

The second track ‘Drive My Car’ starts straight away with a much more upbeat guitar at the forefront of the track, and the vocals weaving through the melody create a harmony with it rather than making the music the backing. Once again this soundtrack-inspired dazed dream pop would sit perfectly at home in an indie film on a hazy summer day or a long journey.

‘The River’ begins and trippy state of the first two tracks slows to something calmer. ‘The River’ combines the raw-sounding recordings with the rough nature of the singer’s vocals perfectly to create a wistful track, pushed to the next level by the guitar melodies. Though this song at first seems to be heading in the same direction as ‘Drive My Car’, this guitar brings the perfect edge to it.

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On ‘I Need You’, Spacepony’s sound twists and turns around the listener and fills the room to the brim. The “I need you and I’m not scared” is emphasized by the distorted guitar melody and synth. The track incorporates all different types of atmosphere into one, possibly to show the madness and confusion of needing someone.

Closer ‘Not Enough’ starts with an unusal synth and what seems to be the old comedy sound effects from radio shows. Then they are subsumed by the sound which is Spacepony’s strong suit, the graininess of the lo-fi recording cut by the raw vocals at its core. When the synth returns on this track it almost adds a layer of psychedelia to this final track of this album.

This EP proves that Spacepony have earned their place at the dreampop table. It successfully manages to get across their ultimate style, and even in the moments when they try to fit seemingly conflicting ideas onto one track, they somehow hold it together. This definitely a group to keep an eye (and an ear) out for.

Words by Jessica Borden