New Young Pony Club

Wow, hearing New Young Pony Club perform live truly makes music a whole different experience. Being a huge fan of New Young Pony Club, I had listened to their music religiously but it wasn’t until I was able to hear them play at a live concert.

The music experience was just on a totally different level with the feels, chords, bass all ripping through my body. NYPC play synthpop, but they draw heavily from post-punk and new wave. Live, they remind me a lot of those other brilliant women-led groups like Cansei de ser Sexy and Le Tigre.

The crowd was just in awe as we kept swaying back and forth to the amazing drums and soothing vocals from the performers. I just felt a feel good vibe throughout the whole night and I just couldn’t stop smiling. The venue was extremely nice with adequate lighting. One of the biggest pros of this venue would have to be the audio setup, it really made the music much more “crisp” and “vibrant”. It just elevated the whole experience to another level and it was a great experience for people in the crowd.

Going to this music concert and hearing the music live for the first time made me feel like I was missing out big time. This whole time I was listening to music at home through my headphones or speakers but hearing it live was just amazing. It really gave the music much more emotion and meaning, I cannot wait till I go back!

Tom Vek's debut album was an underground phenomenon. As the noughties beckoned a golden age of post-punk dance music, 'We Have Sound' was a magnificent response to the raw and abrasive jams produced across the atlantic by LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and co. Vek's enslaving basslines and caustic drum beats expedited his climb up the indie disco hierarchy, and with his characteristic London accent and introspective lyricism (check out 'Cover' as a great example), 'We Have Sound' was a record destined to stand the test of time.
Ironically, the success of the album instigated a six year (six year!) hiatus from music. Imagine, then, the pandemonium that ensued when Vek finally returned to the stage in 2011. Pretty much everyone I know was at Brighton's Concorde 2 for the comeback tour - a gig more than half a decade in the making. The crowd went nuts as the famous 'Nothing But Green Lights' bassline reverberated around the tiny venue. Screaming words to every song that I'd danced to pretty much every weekend through university, it was one of those shows that flashed past in moments. Vek was as energetic as ever, and revelled being back in the driving seat.
Two albums later, Tom Vek is still well on top of his game. But if someone could explain what 'Sherman (Animals In The Jungle)' is all about, that would be cool.