Snowpony is a London supergroup that comprises Katharine Gifford, former keyboardist in Stereolab, Deborah Googe, former bassist in My Bloody Valentine and Max Corradi, former drummer in Rollerskate Skinny. While much more experimental than most bands, even Snowpony debuted with the ritual sequence of singles: Easy Way Down (See No Evil, 1997), Little Girls Understand (Rough Trade, 1997) and Chocolate (Evil). Slow Motion World (Radioactive, 1998) is an interesting concept, albeit still a raw and uncertain one. Gifford's contralto drives scores (3 Can Keep a Secret, Titanic, Snow White) that resemble abstract electronic pieces or tape collages rather than rock songs, although the only artificial element is the guitar samples (that effectively replace the guitar as the main instrument of the band). Corradi was then replaced by Kevin Bass, former drummer in Moonshake.

Snowpony proves to be an amazing waste of talent on Sea Shanties For Spaceships (Dead Pan Alley, 2001), an album split between unremarkable imitations of fashionable genres (Crumpled 10), confused hodgepodges of alternative jargons (Naked Twister) and futile dance ditties (Brown Hotel).

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