Pony Club - Semi-Detached

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Pony Club - Semi-Detached

Mark Cullen, surrounded by cups of cold tea, pens and piles of paper, adjusts his glasses again and signals to Darren that it is time to press record. He stands, checks his lyrics once more, starts to sing and so it begins. Album number six, the third recorded in their tiny childhood bedroom in suburban Dublin. Downstairs the routine of suburban domesticity that has weaved its way into the music continues unabated. For their mother, their wives, the children and the dog, another Sunday has begun… The band Pony Club have had an interesting journey in the music business. They've been making music for the past 20 years, the critics love them, whispering praise and predicting greatness. But commercial success has always alluded them. Are Pony Club the best kept secret from suburbia? And is that secret about to be told...

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    Episode 2: All the Best Laid Plans

    Mark Cullen from the band Pony Club continues their story. From signing to major labels to sitting in your childhood bedroom making the record of your dreams. It seems that even the best laid plans can go awry.

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    Pony Club - Semi-Detached - Episode 1: The Foundations

    Mark Cullen from the band Pony Club tells the start of their story. Twenty years after their band were first signed to A&M records, brothers Mark, Darren and Jay, under the guise of Pony Club, still have a first-love approach to their music making. Through break-ups, make-ups, marriage, mortgages, children, criticism, acclaim, and changing names, music has been the one constant – pulling them together making all the rest bearable.

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Mark Cullen, surrounded by cups of cold tea, pens and piles of paper, adjusts his glasses again and signals to Darren that it is time to press record. He stands, checks his lyrics once more, starts to sing and so it begins. Album number six, the third recorded in their tiny childhood bedroom in suburban Dublin. Downstairs the routine of suburban domesticity that has weaved its way into the music continues unabated. For their mother, their wives, the children and the dog, another Sunday has begun… The band Pony Club have had an interesting journey in the music business. They've been making music for the past 20 years, the critics love them, whispering praise and predicting greatness. But commercial success has always alluded them. Are Pony Club the best kept secret from suburbia? And is that secret about to be told...

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