{"id":43179,"date":"2018-11-26T09:30:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T09:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=43179"},"modified":"2018-11-25T19:55:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T19:55:43","slug":"ryan-and-pony-fast-as-i-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/11\/ryan-and-pony-fast-as-i-can\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan And Pony &#8211; &#8216;Fast As I Can&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Indie pop group The Melismatics have been a fixture of Minneapolis for the past ten years, and two of their members, Ryan and Pony, have started releasing music as a duo. First single, &#8216;Low&#8217; draws from contemporary hits, while the follow-up, &#8216;Fast As I Can&#8217;, exemplifies all their compositional strengths.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video for the song shows the pair as cartoons: rocking avatars who battle evil spectres in a fantasy landscape. For a while, it looks dicey for the pair. But magic \u2013 true music \u2013 always comes out on top.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They\u2019ve matched the video to one of the best songs they\u2019ve ever written, and they\u2019ve written plenty of great ones with the Melismatics. &#8216;Fast As I Can&#8217; is catchy, it\u2019s witty, it\u2019s melodically inventive, and it drives its chorus home with absolute conviction. It draws equally from contemporary hits, throwback new wave, oddball \u201980s college rock, Motion City Soundtrack-like fizz-pop, and electronic music. The track is propelled by drummer Peter Anderson, who has played with The Honeydogs, The Ocean Blue, and Run Westy Run. Together, they\u2019ve crafted a song that absolutely suits the pace and feel of anime \u2013 a dizzy, hyper-kinetic thriller that hurtles toward a wholly satisfying ending in a gorgeous blur.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out Ryan And Pony&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RyanAndPony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> page for further info about the duo and their music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_77630\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ml_hA7cgP3s?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Ryan and Pony - \u201cFast As I Can\u201d (Official Music Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ml_hA7cgP3s\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indie pop group The Melismatics have been a fixture of Minneapolis for the past ten years, and two of their members, Ryan and Pony, have started releasing music as a duo. First single, &#8216;Low&#8217; draws from contemporary hits, while the follow-up, &#8216;Fast As I Can&#8217;, exemplifies all their compositional strengths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":43259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9,640],"tags":[18118,3715,2930,77,370,1945,18117,18119],"class_list":["post-43179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-fast-as-i-can","tag-low","tag-minneapolis","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-ryan-and-pony","tag-the-melismatics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-ber","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78046,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/10\/im-slipping-is-the-brand-new-indie-rock-single-from-ryan-smith\/","url_meta":{"origin":43179,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;I&#8217;m Slipping&#8217; Is The Brand New Indie Rock Single From Ryan Smith","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"12\/10\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Known to many as the frontman of The Melismatics, Ryan and Pony, the lead guitarist of Soul Asylum, it's Ryan Smith's solo career that interests us today. 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