06/05/2006: "album review from sandman!"

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Lardpony – This is Lardcore

Apart from having the best name this side of Trowell Services, Lardpony have grown over the last 18 months into the East Midlands’ premier POP outfit. ‘This is Lardcore’ merely enforces their progression from a back bedroom wankfest to a fully fledged, popcore behemoth. And if you disagree with me, well, you’re wrong my child.
This album is compilation of all the songs us Lardpony fans have come to know and love over the past two or three years, from a fleshed out version of the mighty, ‘I’m in Love With a Noxious Gas’, to more recent, accomplished tunes such as Catwatching and ‘Scene But Not Heard’ – still the best anti-haircut band song I’ve yet to hear.
If Derby isn’t crawling the walls to say ‘I saw them first!’ within a year then I want to know why. For ‘This is Lardcore’ may not sell a million albums, but, given time, it should – if I have my way – get Lardpony the recognition they deserve. Bravo.

Sam Metcalf