Favorite song off this would probably be The Stars Behind...
Ticket Crystals is a really good album as well...
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 20 March 2011 03:30 (thirteen years ago) link
(...not as good as this one though)
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 20 March 2011 03:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Think I have to turn in my Bardo badge, I can't get into the new one (or Ticket Crystals for that matter). T_T
― Esteban Buttezface (Leee), Friday, 25 March 2011 04:55 (thirteen years ago) link
The two songs of theirs that I like the best (Inside and Just Once) both start out acoustic and ramshackle and then tighten up into drone-monsters. Kind of wonder if I've missed any, given their kind of large number of releases...
― dlp9001, Friday, 25 March 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
there are songs--the long droney kind ("undone" for sure, but also "fc II" and "night of frogs")--where it doesn't work as listening to music per se...listening to undone just kind of makes me feel like I'm hanging out on a rowboat in the middle of a still pond watching the moon's reflection or something...y'know it's music for people who want to hang out in swamps but don't want to be eaten by mosquitoes...
my favorite songs on the new one are "The Stars Behind" and "Just Once", so maybe those are the ones that are the easiest to get, Leee...?
― Destroy A. Monsters (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 25 March 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
ticket crystals was a bit of a snooze... still waiting to hear the new one, sounds promising, though!
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Friday, 25 March 2011 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
"just once" rules
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 25 March 2011 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
using "snooze" as an insult? maybe Bardo Pond is not the band for you...
― Destroy A. Monsters (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 25 March 2011 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
pfffft! one of my favorites
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Friday, 25 March 2011 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL j/k
this album is def. more atmospheric than, say, tuneful though...more of a subconscious album, doesn't rear its full majesty until it's off in the background
― Destroy A. Monsters (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 25 March 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
(Pretentious Opinions R Us)
"Stars Behind" for sure! But I'm far less of a fan of the shambling-acoustic-into-drone-monster Bardo than a lot of people, so "Just Once" only tries my patience.
Also, "FCII" = "Montana Sacra II" right? That one kills me, one of the few that do on Ticket Crystals, actually. ("FCII" was the track's name on the promo, btw... /nudgenudge)
this album is def. more atmospheric than, say, tuneful though...
Hm, maybe? I know we're talking relatively here, but they've always been atmospheric (I call it textural) even on the albums that I love most.
― Esteban Buttezface (Leee), Saturday, 26 March 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Saw Bardo Pond play last night and they blew me away. So good!! Ned - any chance of an allmusic review/rating of their latest record?
― Smithy, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man, that was in Brighton right? Missed that, great to hear they were good though. Good turn out?
― Lars and the Lulu Girl (NickB), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
You know, I was trying to review that earlier this year...
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, in Brighton. Not a bad turn out. Circle were also playing in Brighton last night which probably divided the psych rock masses. My first Bardo Pond live experience and they didn't disappoint.
― Smithy, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
Why am I only now realizing that "Undone" is such a monster???
― omar 13337713 (Leee), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
i dont know!
― black Emanuelle did costume design for Troll 2 (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
that whole album is grand. did a great job with the vinyl too.
― Crackle Box, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq15sJAcJfg
― ( -- ( .) - ( .) / (am0n), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
Listening to Vol. 7 -- sweet. Anyone know if it's still available through the website/mail order thing?
― Nothing cracks a turtle like Leeeon Uris (Leee), Saturday, 28 July 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
Bardo Pond at Terrastock 7, 2008 with special guest Kawabata Makoto. Full show:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkXL3yfRSL4
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 7 November 2016 07:03 (seven years ago) link
sweet! as u may recall I saw this set
― sleeve, Monday, 7 November 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
Make that three!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 November 2016 15:13 (seven years ago) link
Heads up, new album announced:
‘Under The Pines’ Out March 24thTrack list1. Crossover2. Out Of Reach3. My Eyes Out4. Moment To Moment5. Under The Pines6. Effigy
Track list1. Crossover2. Out Of Reach3. My Eyes Out4. Moment To Moment5. Under The Pines6. Effigy
And here's the first track:
https://soundcloud.com/firerecords/bard-pond-crossover
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 18:43 (seven years ago) link
Got a promo at the shop and listened a couple times this weekend – if you dug Peace On Venus you will like this'n. Though I could always do with more flute.
― dronestreet, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
Another new LP announced! Pretty excited about this one as they've been on a roll...
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1212273630_16.jpg
Volume 8 is out Feb. 2, 2018.
First single "Kailash" here --> https://soundcloud.com/firerecords/bardo-pond-kailash
1. Kailash2. Flayed Wish3. Power Children4. Cud5. And I WillBrand new album from Philadelphia’s much loved neo-space rock stoner drone outfit. A euphoric transcendental journey to a mountain top nirvana, a psychedelic tapestry that slowly unwinds as they travel onwards into the inner mind. A 40-minute opus delivered from a hail of reverb soulfully caressed by a ceremonial flute, that makes way for a shroud of ‘Weld’—era Neil Young fog. Bardo Pond is your rather ruffled tour guide to this far off place, this distant sense of wonderment at the crossroads with bewilderment. Loved and lauded by the late Lou Reed and his wife Laurie Anderson, Jesus & Mary Chain, Mogwai and many more and acclaimed in the music press as such...
Brand new album from Philadelphia’s much loved neo-space rock stoner drone outfit.
A euphoric transcendental journey to a mountain top nirvana, a psychedelic tapestry that slowly unwinds as they travel onwards into the inner mind.
A 40-minute opus delivered from a hail of reverb soulfully caressed by a ceremonial flute, that makes way for a shroud of ‘Weld’—era Neil Young fog.
Bardo Pond is your rather ruffled tour guide to this far off place, this distant sense of wonderment at the crossroads with bewilderment. Loved and lauded by the late Lou Reed and his wife Laurie Anderson, Jesus & Mary Chain, Mogwai and many more and acclaimed in the music press as such...
― dronestreet, Monday, 20 November 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
Just got Peace on Venus, released in 2013. So good. I've only got about ten or so BP albums but I've never really heard them put a foot wrong
― Duke, Monday, 11 June 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link
lol "only." But yes, more or less agree there.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Monday, 11 June 2018 20:32 (six years ago) link
Ha! Out of potentially a few dozen releases!
― Duke, Monday, 11 June 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
I just picked up Volume 8 which I had no idea existed until I saw it in a shop recently. Sounds great so far - extra murky.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 5 July 2018 00:15 (six years ago) link
Vol. 8 moved the needle (well, barely) on the other thread: BARDO POLLND
And yes, it is awesome.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Thursday, 5 July 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
Just snagged a clean used copy of Amanita from '96 – shame it's never been repressed, as it holds up quite well.
Still bummed I missed them in Chicago a couple years back. Only Philly & NYC shows since.
...carry on.
― dronestreet, Sunday, 10 November 2019 05:07 (four years ago) link
March 8, 2002 at the 15th Street Tavern in Denver, CO. Full show! Opens with their cover of Spacemen 3's "Call The Doctor" and doesn't let up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqxJiJ7UyFI
(more info: https://thatsthethingaboutthat.blogspot.com/2023/06/bardo-pond-15th-street-tavern-denver-co.html )
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 3 June 2023 00:48 (one year ago) link
pure murder
― the late great, Saturday, 3 June 2023 01:33 (one year ago) link
Brilliant.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 3 June 2023 03:19 (one year ago) link
Heads up! Bardo Pond (or someone using their name) has been posting live gigs to archive.org. Terrastock 2002 just went up now:https://archive.org/details/bardo2002-10-13.sbd
Get this into yr RSS feed - this is some of the greatest psychedelic rock ever made.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 05:26 (eleven months ago) link
What he said.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 06:01 (eleven months ago) link
Damo Suzuki and Bardo Pond Live at Rotunda, Philadelphia on 2007-10-25https://archive.org/details/damobardo2007-10-25
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 06:15 (seven months ago) link
BTW, I hope folks didn't miss out on the release of the Peel sessions last year.https://bardopondmusic.bandcamp.com/album/peel-sessions
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 06:19 (seven months ago) link
Hm, you know, I think I did! So thank you for this!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 18:29 (seven months ago) link
They haven’t come back since Covid have they? I saw them at least twice in the 00s as part of bills with other bands I wanted to see but I didn’t really appreciate them…I think at that time in my life I was looking for the songs and totally missing the sounds (esp the guitar) but if they came back now I would very much appreciate them.
― Slim is an Alien, Friday, 10 May 2024 02:12 (four months ago) link
I recall seeing a FB photo of Clint and one of the Gibbons brothers playing somewhere in Philadelphia last year, but it wasn't a full Bardo show (or perhaps something that would be an official side project). I hope everyone noticed that Volume 9 was released in February - https://bardopondmusic.bandcamp.com/album/volume-9 Would love to see them play again.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 10 May 2024 02:39 (four months ago) link
I don't believe this was ever posted here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZOZ3VTG7IM
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 15 July 2024 05:55 (two months ago) link