PONY EXPRESS

By coincidence in design, the first product of the five-piece band was in a style and length suitable for leadoff place on both setlists and the album's track order. "Pony Express" barely clocked two minutes, a single chorus resolving two verses of light-heartedly wry reflection.

It was so apt as a succinct musical statement that the band, asked to play an encore at its debut, succeeded by offering up "Pony," the song played half an hour before.