By Jennifer Graciano
Seapony have come a long way since their reign on music discovery sites and unwavering presence on various music blogs. The easy breezy pop from the Seattle based three-piece has spread like wild fire, and with only a handful of their dreamy tunes made available, were quickly snatched up by Hardly Art for their debut full length bursting with simplistic charm, “Go With Me.”
Album opener “Dreaming” delivers everything we have come to expect from Seapony; an earworm noise-pop of a track with upbeat effortlessness. “I Never Would” brings the somber side of Seapony to surface, their usual pep cast to the side with standard drum machine beats and dejected vocals. While “Into the Sea” plays off standard surf-rock chords with Jen Weidl’s endearingly flat vocals in tow, easily one of the most memorable on the album. Weidl’s vocals show some potential for range during “I Really Do,” with hints of reflective melancholy over continued surf influenced chords; that potential is never played out as Weidl sings unwaveringly from her comfortable, practically passive, style.
