Bardo Pond (2019 Reissue)

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 exemplified 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.

Audio

Tracklist

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

Details

Released: January 18th 2019
Cat: FIRELP157X / Fire Records