Pony Hunt

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AMERICAN SONGWRITER // Uncovering Acts: 5 Acts to Know

“The haunted majesty that stitches together the music of Pony Hunt is enough to keep your mind in wonderment for weeks on end.”

THE FADER // “Over You” Premiere

UNCUT // Review

“Jessie Antonick crafts exquisitely dreamy country tunes that crackle with loping R&B textures.”

AQUARIUM DRUNKARD // “VAR!” Review

“Antonick works a voodoo jukebox blues, draped in a mossy late-summer haze, mingling doo-wop and barbershop tones with dusty, settled cedarn folk and bleary, country-tinged garage rock.”

POP DUST // “Stardust” Premiere

“Rigid gender norms suck. Pony Hunt’s cosmic doo-wop rules”

Pony Hunt is a New Orleans based band that plays like a ghostly jukebox; hazy melodies with sweet, lingering waves of nostalgia.

Born in California, raised in Chicago, transformed by Oakland and set alight by New Orleans, Jessie Antonick’s heart and hands are continually consumed by her passion for songwriting, building, and creating space—an eternally braided compulsion for crafting and evoking emotion, for creating worlds where one’s spirit can roam free—where a wandering mind can find home.

Antonick discovered a love for music early in life in the live venues and record shops of Chicago.  Captivated by doo-wop artists as a child and thrilled by indie and punk rock as a teen, it was her discovery of classic American styles that inspired her to learn to play the guitar.  

Longing for the ocean air, she soon settled in Oakland, CA, living on a sailboat whilst building and repairing sails as the push and pull of the tides slowly found their way into her blood, then to the page, and finally to her guitar.  The rising and falling pulse of her heart and the chatter of her mind pushed her to create an elegant, transportable canvas cottage where she set in solitude to discover the melodies and rhythms passing through the light and upon the sea air.  Antonick soon discovered a new home in her ‘78 Chevy van and she followed the sound of the rushing Mississippi River down to New Orleans where she found herself humbled by cultural beauty and set ablaze with inspiration.

It was in New Orleans where Antonick began writing the newest Pony Hunt release VAR! .  In VAR! she investigates the heart and mind entangled, looking to understand how to be at home with one’s self, exploring the dualities of mind at play within her journey of emotional connection, societal imposition, gender, lost identities and the lesser understood-- discovered variables amongst the seemingly ever still.  VAR! Was released on July 23, 2021.

PONY HUNT HAS BEEN FEATURED IN

AMERICAN SONGWRITER / THE FADER / UNCUT / AQUARIUM DRUNKARD / MAGNET MAGAZINE / ELMORE MAGAZINE / AMERICANA UK / ATWOOD MAGAZINE / IMPOSE MAGAZINE / POPDUST / COUNTRY QUEER / and more…

PONY HUNT HAS SUPPORTED

Y LA BAMBA  /  TWAIN  /  MICHAEL HURLEY / THE DESLONDES  /  EILEN JEWEL