Pond

Pond – 9 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:13 minutes | 440 MB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Spinning Top Records

In Pond’s universe nothing stays still for long. Although no one who heard 2019’s Tasmania could possibly describe its pulsating psych-pop as straight, Pond wanted to try a more spontaneous way of working for their next record.
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Pond – Sessions (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 54:31 minutes | 653 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Marathon Artists

Australian psych-faves Pond have announced a new release, a collection of live performances titled Sessions. These tracks were each recorded while the band were on tour across Europe this past spring, with song selection ranging across their eight studio albums.
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Pond – 9 (Deluxe Edition) (2021/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 53:51 minutes | 607 MB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Spinning Top Records

In Pond’s universe nothing stays still for long. Although no one who heard 2019’s Tasmania could possibly describe its pulsating psych-pop as straight, Pond wanted to try a more spontaneous way of working for their next record.

Taking a leaf out of krautrock outliers Can’s book, at the start of 2020, Pond embarked on a series of totally off-the-cuff jam sessions from which songs and ideas could be pulled out.

Given the pace at which ideas whizz past your head, it makes for a dizzying listen. Opener Song For Agnes explodes out the speakers like an intergalactic rock opera, running a synapse-tingling gauntlet through bubbling synth pop, 80s hair metal and blissed out saxophone before you know what’s hit you. It’s an apposite curtain-raiser for an album that can encompass pounding techno (Human Touch), elastic hipped robofunk (America’s Cup), tripped out motorik (Czech Locomotive) and acres more besides without even stopping for breath.
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