Product Description

'Fantastic Playroom' is the debut album by the north Londonelectro-indie-poppers New Young Pony Club. A winning mixture of sonic invention and dancefloor grooves, this album willappeal to fans of acts such as Klaxons, CSS and Bonde Do Role. Includes the single 'Ice Cream'.

Track Listing

1. Get Lucky
2. Hiding On The Staircase
3. Ice Cream
4. The Bomb
5. Jerk Me
6. The Get Go
7. Talking, Talking
8. Grey
9. Fan
10. Tight Fit

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2969 in Music
• Released on: 2007-07-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 39 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
New Young Pony Club: new rave or new disco? Answer: who cares when their music sounds this good? The London quintet might be a new phenomenon to some, but others will know them well, as they’ve been working hard behind the scenes for a good three years or so, building up a solid fan base to accommodate the release of this debut album. And what a debut it is. Fantastic Playroom ticks all the right "influence" boxes--Bowie, Blondie, New Order-–to make it suitably zeitgeist-capturing, yet their tunes are infused with an extra savvy and edginess, putting them slightly ahead of the new whatever game. Singles like "Ice Cream" and "The Bomb" illustrate the band’s way with a sexy rhythm; songs like the percussive "Hiding on the Staircase" keep the party going, while the band’s 80s style synth-pop indulgences come unashamedly to the fore on "The Get Go" and "The Jerk." A large part of the band’s appeal is vocalist Tahita Bulmer, whose slightly detached vocal delivery sits well on the band’s songs. True, Fantastic Playroom can feel more like a collection of singles than a coherent album at times, but that’s just what this band do best. We should love them for it. --Paul Sullivan

About the Artist
After a chance meeting between lead singer Tahita and production guru Andy in 2005 a master plan was put into action to establish something distinctly new and utterly potent. Enter - New Young Pony Club - 2 boys and 3 girls (Tahita Bulmer, Andy Spence, Sarah Jones, Igor Volk, Lou Hayter), the kind of band that has the boys going wild and girls wishing they were dancing alongside on stage.

Customer Reviews

Good Times in Da Hood
It's a horrid grey, wet, windy day. The Wolf has every intention of spending it curled up in the cave
with headphones and a decent claret.
Mrs Wolf, having removed the red packaging, is preparing the Sunday roast. Scatty and Grits (the cubs) are thankfully still asleep.

New Pony Club's new album 'Fantastic Playroom' is the perfect soundtrack to this scene of domestic
contentment.

10 tracks displaying bags of confident cool. Sly funky beats. Sunny melodies. Crisp production.
Ms Bulmer's drolly chic vocals and wry lyrics infuse the project with slick urban verve.

These fine energetic performances will have your paws tapping before you know it.

The album is suffused with good humour. The perfect antidote to this abysmal British weather.

Lunch is beginning to smell good and I'm working up a big appetite !

New Wavey-Electro-Punkey Thingy
Interestingly I have had some quite extreme reactions from some of the people who I have spoken to about this record. I think it never helps when a band gets well known via an over-played advert (Intel used `Ice Cream' for one of their adverts) but I really rate this record. For a change I actually think the more interesting tracks are at the end of the record then the start where they break away from the Blondie, nu-wave type sound.

NYPC produce some nice neat songs and clearly have listened to a lot of different sources to produce modern smart pop. They remind me a little of a cleaner sounding CSS. I believe their live performances can leave a little to be desired. We shall see.

New Young Pony Club
>>> I'm Into Emo/ Rock music; My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, ect, but When I Heard NYPC, I Thought Wow, I Like.
Very Catchy.
Very Snazzy.
Recommend To All!

=] Hannah >>>