Echo Ono Pre Press
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012Our new album Echo Ono comes out next week – Feb, 20 in the UK and the 21st in the US and EU. We couldn’t be more excited.
Here is some pre-reviews of our upcoming album:
“You should pay attention to them because they rule.” Stereogum
– “With nine releases in seven years, Pontiak has established itself as one of the most prolific, genre-proof and original bands on the American rock scene. With Echo Ono, they only up the ante. Nine songs over 33 minutes and change. All analog. No bullshit. Just organic heaviness cobbled out of guitar, bass, drums, subtle washes of keyboard and droning vocals. This music is performed, not Pro-Tooled.” – Creative Loafing 4/5 stars
– “‘Lions of Least’ screeches into view positively brandishing its heavy metal iron-on patches … leonine pomp and a classic, sledgehammer riff. Riffs are important, impressive and assertive, too, on ‘The North Coast’, ‘Left With Lights’ … This being Pontiak, though, even at these heaviest moments there are always subtleties to be found – a lightness or deft switch in texture or mood, a silence or softness as counterpoint to the sturm und drang.” – The Liminal
– “They’ve always had serious power and unmistakeable mojo, but based on the taste this video offers, we suspect we’re gonna get our head snapped back proper by Echo Ono.” Dirty Impound
– “… this is Pontiak distilled into tear-shaped dots, taken on the tongue for instant rush and gratification. It’s an album that is just as addictive too – you will be rotating this one ad nauseum. And don’t get me started on the closing motorik monster ‘Panoptica’… Which means…if you like balls to the wall blues rock that has been lost in the Texan desert and is suffering from hallucinations, dehydration and snakebites, you’ll be queuing up to let this record salve the wounds.” Sonic Masala
– “Ma è la seconda parte del disco a riservare le sorprese maggiori, svelandoci un lato della band che solo i più attenti avranno già assaporato: riprendendo la lezione di Comecrudos, i Pontiak disegnano paesaggi acustici mozzafiato, con The Expanding Sky che traduce i Pink Floyd al Nuovo Mondo, la luccicante Silver Shadow che sembra aggiustare il tiro verso i Black Mountain.” (Italy) Music Zoom
– “… donde dan un vuelco completo al sonido para retorcerlo y volverlo completamente crudo y áspero, pero ante todo completamente psicodélico, sin tener nada que envidiar a los dinosaurios del estilo, demostrando ser unos excelentes pupilos.” (Spain) Tomb of God