Band: POND Who: Popular psych-rock
vets from down under.
New album: TERRESTRIALS
Their 11th. Out on June 19th.
Pre-order info here.
Press info: “Terrestrials is a cyclone of urgent, scorched earth rock’n’roll, tipping
the hat to the sounds of then while squarely facing up to the here and now.
Conceived from a place of reverence for a particularly potent epoch in Oz rock, Terrestrials mines the sound of open sky melancholia, heat haze sizzling on the plains and jangly pub backrooms that hits an eternally poignant nerve for anyone familiar with the sound, time and place.”
Two spaced-out tasters so far.
– TERRESTIALS –
A both glittery and far-out tune
with a supercharged finale.
Track: DESAFIAR
New piece from their upcoming 2nd LP, titled Ígnea.
It’ll see the day of light on May 22nd through Fuzz Club.
“Desafiar is about resisting control and the impulse to break free from it. Built on a hypnotic bass and drum foundation, the song moves forward like a mechanical pulse, as the synthesizers and vocals repeat and insist, until the tension finally breaks. It’s the moment when control cracks and disobedience becomes inevitable.”
Album artwork
TUTV: OMG! This psychedelic Krautrock-like comet makes your head spin uncontrollably, makes your bloodstream go out of control, and makes dopamine stream like a tsunami through your brain. About a thousand guitars roar nonstop, while pounding percussion clobbers mercilessly. Warning: once you get on board, you can’t get off.
“This feels like it’s got everything that made our first singles so interesting and then some,
with just enough finesse and polish to feel like we’ve finally got our big girl pants on. It’s just as jagged, gritty and angular in the verses but absolutely floating and heavenly in the choruses.”
TUTV: Wake up, nightclubbers! Time to shake your pelvis to this jumpy-funky,
bass-booming whirlabout. Alternating sultry/pithy duet vocals, some Freak Le Chic
guitar vibes, and a head-in-the-air chorus combine for a spin-around thrill.
Track: SICKO
New cut from their 4th LP, named Optimizer, out on March 27th.
TUTV: Nervous, cranked-up guitars at a nerve-racking speed and neurotic vocals
get under your skin from start to finish. Think Parquet Courts on speed. Sick stroke.
“This song is about the weirdest of all the terrestrials, people. Hellbent on flying away
from or killing our home soil, with a big appetite for destruction, guns, roses. We can
love and connect and nurture and inflict unbearable cruelty. You all know this but,
yeah, it’s kind of a great mystery isn’t it?”
TUTV: Bam-bam-bam goes the beat. Pond return with a both glittery
and zonked-out tune with a supercharged finale. Welcome back.
Track: THE TIDE
New piece from their upcoming 2nd LP,
baptized Smile. Out on April 3rd.
“The Tide takes listeners on a relatable emotional journey. It captures that introspective moment many of us recognise: the sudden realisation that we often only appreciate how good something was once it’s already gone — very much in line with the idea that “the grass is always greener on the other side.”
TUTV: This is an instantly sticking beauty of a warm, folky song. Sepia-colored, melancholic, and romantic. Think Mumford Sons and The Lumineers. Both acoustically designed and fully orchestrated with emotive and enticing vocals. A tune that triggers daydreaming. So welcome in these troubled times.
