San Diego rock group Lead Pony are gaining speed on the heels of their long-awaited debut album, which finally dropped last month after the band formed seven years ago. As you’ve probably already surmised, the psych- and blues-inflected indie group used to take a leisurely (or even lax) approach. But with Vultures, the musicians are saddled up and turning their trot into a gallop.
(Now, as the introverted Lead Pony become more commonly known, they face the daunting prospect of suffering through an endless stream of puns related to their band name. As a public service, The Bad Penny is incorporating many (too many) of those puns into what is also a fairly accurate summation of the band, in the hopes that no other writing about Lead Pony will ever include even a single pun.)
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