Nick Allbrook’s Pond, who predates Tame Impala by a few years, is greeting 2017 with new album release The Weather, its their 7th full-length album since their genesis in 2008. Similar to Tame Impala’s veering path with Currents and weirdo godfathers The Flaming Lips’ transition into The Soft Bulletin, Pond are putting their guitars down and reaching for the synths. With Kevin Parker at the helm in the studio, however, their electronic impulses are taking them to new and interesting psychedelic heights. Singles “30000 Megatons” and “Sweep Me Off My Feet” embrace both pop and avant garde, a daring Bowie-esque move that’s opened their doors for experimentation wide open.
Rough Trade has a limited ‘white with blue specs’ variant across the ocean, so if you dig that kind of thing, head on over and grab one. POND’s unbridled creativity has seen them push the boundaries of psychedelic-rock and on their forthcoming album The Weather, the Perth based four-piece have created their most sharp and focussed record to date.
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