The Oxygen Ponies are an indie rock outfit formed in 2006 in Brooklyn, N.Y. by Paul Megna. Band membership changes from album to album, with Megna - who writes, composes and sings all of the band's material - being the only constant member. In 2006, The Oxygen Ponies critically acclaimed self-titled debut came out of nowhere to garner favorable reviews in Magnet, Tape Op and Salon.com while landing on three bloggers best albums of 2006 lists with such luminaries as Bob Dylan, Band of Horses, The Decemberists, and Cat Power. This led to a 2007 UK mini-tour, playing shows with Caroline Martin, Jacob Golden, and The Early Years, and a Truck festival gig with Garth Hudson, Brian Jonestown Massacre and Electric Soft Parade among others. Harmony Handgrenade, the latest Oxygen Ponies record, features guest performances from a number of indie rock artists including Nick Stumpf (French Kicks), Ben Trokan (Robbers on High Street), Steve Salett (King of France) and Joe Bennett (Goldrush). Co-produced by Paul Megna and Don Piper, the ‘politically charged and ironic’ follow-up was written and recorded in the winter of 2007. Once again highlighting Megna’s ‘intoxicating whiskey-soaked vocals’ and ‘Cohenesque lyrics’ and complemented by a confident attitude and sexy swagger; HH remains true to The Oxygen Ponies sound but shifts the focus from the inward to the outward, from the personal to the political. It’s ‘jaded but hopeful’, ‘post-apocalyptic without being melodramatic or self-indulgent’.