My Fat Pony

There’s been a lot of talk about the indie of the 2000s remerging in contemporary music as of late, and if this prospect is to materialise, I’d wager that My Fat Pony will be at the vanguard, leading the charge.” Far Out Magazine

Their first release via cult Sheffield tastemaking label Bingo Records (The Bug Club, Melyn Melin, Adam Hopper, Good News), south-London guitar pop quartet My Fat Pony share lovestruck new single ‘The Universe Expanded And We Stayed Here’ - out today (26th February).

Recorded at Brighton’s Farm Road studios with ladylike’s Spencer Withey (Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Alien Chicks), ‘The Universe Expanded…’ sustains the quartet’s distinctive flair for vibrancy, playfulness and coming-of-age indie-rock nostalgia. Taking cues from the likes of Guided By Voices, Neutral Milk Hotel, early-era-Blur, and The Go! Team (with whom My Fat Pony now share members), drawing inspiration from lead Vocalist/guitarist Felix Knox’s love of classic cinema, and visualised by a home-made do-it-yourself aesthetic, the band’s latest cut, true to form, pools from Douglas Adams’ cult sci-fi novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy,  as Felix himself explains:

"The song is as close as we’ll get to a love song - through the lens of Douglas Adams. I’ve always been a big fan of his and wanted a song with some hitchhikers guide references. I came up with the chords and trumpet melody first then the ‘one two’ number lyrics, and as soon as numbers were in play I knew I had to whack out the ‘42’ (the answer to life and the universe in Hitchhikers guide) which felt like a nice way of telling someone that you mean everything to them”

Coming off the back of sold-out headline show at London’s The Lexington,  a debut European trip to Paris’ Supersonic, and an impressive list of nationwide live shows with The Bug Club, Do Nothing, La Sécurité, Getdown Services,  Personal Trainer,  Keg, YAANG, and  Home Counties, the latest single from My Fat Pony offers their first release since 2023’s debut EP ‘Music For Pleasure’, and early backing from the likes of Far Out, John Kennedy (Radio X), and BBC Introducing.