Review of motor.de

Close your eyes, open your hearts. And ears. Two Berlin guys grab the whole wide world of dreams in dreamy indie-pop songs - and invite everyone mitzuträumen.

I do not know whether A Golden Pony Boy were actually inspired by Michel Gondry's film "Science of Sleep" in their choice of band name. But I would strongly suspect once. Because what the two Berlin have to offer on their debut EP "Fame To The Fameless", fits perfectly with Gondry's tale of the big, wild, unpredictable dreams, the "real" to the life interfere. And it does not need all too much imagination to to imagine a connection that populate the film between the bizarre inventions, surprises and dreamscapes, and the immensely diverse atmosphere, the finely wrought arrangements and the beautiful melodies that A Golden Pony Boy in have housed the five songs.

Probably one day, perhaps even now, Konrad Betcher and Maximilian number will not be able to hear it - the thing with the "wunderkind" image. But for the moment it simply part of the overall picture of the duo that they both do not even celebrated their respective 20th birthday, and have laid such a mature performance. But that's not everything. A Golden Pony Boy are not just "young" and "pretty" - it really can what! Since they can not so much flirting charmingly with which caging Image can indicate that Max "one more year at school" needs in interviews (talking to immergut.blog.de from the summer of 2009), or casually as "The handsome one with the guitar" (Max) or "The One Who Sings and Swings" (Konrad) call (on her Facebook page) - equal to the first seconds of the opening track "Big Apple" have any doubts about the quality of music pass and the fear that it could be an artificial hype, go overboard.

If you look a bit in the blog landscape around, then it quickly becomes clear on what a great encouragement also met with the previous concerts of Betcher and number. Whether surprised as the opening band at the Immergut Festival or on a "birthday party amid the Brandenburg province" always remained, back enthusiastic listeners and fans newfound. For the recording of "Fame To The Fameless" Konrad and Max traveled about 1,000 kilometers from their home in Berlin the near Klagenfurt. There, the grumpy Naked Lunch bassist Herwig Zamernik operates a recording studio, in its "peaceful environment" they added new facets of their songs. With said "Big Apple" begins at the EP - a piano, a lot of space and atmosphere to that voice ... This is a song from the search for the right place is sung in this world; sad and comforting at the same time. Then suddenly: Strings! The melody rises, a second voice added. Young boy what sticky-pathetic sounds in bands like Snow Patrol, is moving here!

Where established bands seem routine, one hears both the fun of their own music, experimenting with it at any second. That would make determined on a big stage well - but of course just as well in the homelike, cozy living room. Also the next song, "Daylovers" starts with a piano - and but sounds so different. As he has each of the five songs his own touch; Sure, that's kinda indie pop, if you will, singer-songwriter. Melancholic, yes. Edifying, also. Acoustic guitars, dreamy melodies, of course. Of course, these descriptions could be continued indefinitely, even names of musicians and bands could be lead into the field. But as always, is self-listening is the best way. There is also an opportunity if these days the EP appears.