Bardo Pond

Fire re-issue Bardo Pond's eponymous eighth studio album from 2010, their debut for Fire from way back when. A lysergic brain wrestler in which the Pennsylvanian drone outfit perfect their modal sound. Teasing the artistry of LaMonte Young and Terry Riley into a guitar shaped cauldron, the album's compulsive reverbed guitar shapes slowly simmer behind Isobel Sollenberger's esoteric vocals 'Like hearing a tannoy at a station in the voice of Jesus.' the Quietus. A claustrophobic stuttering raga interlocks with their psychedelic leanings best exemplied on 'Cracker Wrist' which sounds like something that's intentionally always just about to happen/and/or spin back in time. Featuring lengthy fully nurtured play offs between the quintet, Bardo Pond is a heady statement that's like the most wholesome kind of vegan-friendly mushroom trips. Pitchfork reckons they're 'playing fuzzed out stoner dreams.' Vice's musical brother Noisey likens them to 'Fugazi On Acid.' Allmusic intervenes with: 'these are epic, soaring psychedelic ambient power-drone rock noise melodies where partially buried, distant female vocals are laced throughout a roaring, murky/sludge guitar soundscape.'

Tracks

1~1~Just Once
1~2~Don't Know About You
1~3~Sleeping
1~4~Undone
1~5~Cracker Wrist
1~6~The Stars Behind
1~7~Wayne's Tune

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Bardo Pond
Release Date: 18 January 2019
Genre: Alternative
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Distributor: Rocket Group