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DOWNLOAD THEN SEE: Pontiak

By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on May 19, 2010 8:20PM

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We gushed about Pontiak's backwoods chest-crushing psychedelia in the past, and the trio of siblings doesn't stray too far from that course on their recently released album Living. There is a newly injected sense of Southern boogie coursing through the songs that cause hips to sway along with the heads already attuned to their earlier swamp-deep sonic constructs, and that is a welcome addition.

Pontiak plays The Hideout tomorrow, Thursday May 20, and in order to entice you to attend we're offering up "Young," the lead track from Living. if you can listen to its groove and still resist seeing the band then your rhythm and soul is in deep need of immediate repair.

MP3: Pontiak "Young"