"Orville Peck came out swinging with his debut album, Pony. In a genre that is so often characterized by blatant machismo culture, Peck flips that stereotype on its head, singing about the melancholy of a gay cowboy. This album perfectly encapsulates the feeling of being a lonely, lost wanderer, with Peck's deep voice coating the listener like a warm blanket. There's something to be said about Peck's ability to make his music feel so relatable; sure, I may not be a cowboy, but I'll be damned if life doesn't feel like the Wild West from time to time. Sometimes you just need a deep-voiced cowboy with punk roots to sing an antilove song to you, and Orville Peck is here to do exactly that." — Nora Smith, senior social media and partnerships coordinator
