PONY, “grunge pop from Toronto,” have released another new single, and music video, from their upcoming album Clearly Cursed. The track is “Swallowing Stars,” and is the fifth pre-release single from the album, and also the closing track.
The singles began dropping in late-2025, and are the first new music from PONY since the release of the 2023 LP Velveteen.
The new album, Clearly Cursed, will be out 13 Feb 2026, once again via Take This To Heart Records. Preorders are available at the PONY linktree, which also includes social media links and more.
PONY will also be out on tour supporting the album release, with dates in Canada and the eastern/midwest USA, traveling as far west as St. Louis, MO. Find into and ticket links for those dates below the video.
- Feb 18 Lager House Detroit, MI
- Feb 19 Meteor Windsor, ON
- Feb 20 Drake Hotel Toronto, ON
- Feb 21 L’Escogriffe Bar Spectacle (L’Esco) Montreal, QC
- Feb 23 The Bug Jar Rochester, NY
- Feb 24 Space Ballroom Hamden, CT
- Feb 26 Warehouse on Watts (WoW) Philadelphia, PA
- Feb 27 Trans-Pecos Queens, NY
- Feb 28 Cafe 939 Boston, MA
- Mar 1 Pearl Street Warehouse Washington, DC
- Mar 3 Richmond Music Hall Richmond, VA
- Mar 4 Crafthouse Stage & Grill Pittsburgh, PA
- Mar 5 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH
- Mar 6 The Basement Nashville, TN
- Mar 7 Off Broadway St Louis, MO
- Mar 8 Schuba’s Chicago, IL

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