Matt Pond PA - The Nature of Maps.....

I am now more interested in Matt Pond PA than ever before. Will have to see if this is up on eMusic...

Anybody else?

also, i attended the infamous afterparty for magnet magazine's 10 year anniversary at MPPA's house where some party crashers broke a bottle over his head and he was rushed to the hospital to get *staples*.

i could continue to namedrop, but im really not feelin' it today.

There's a new release today, The Dark Leaves.

I LOVED Several Arrows Later when I first heard it, then I went back to listen to his earlier stuff and it was much softer, less energetic, generally just a bit too limp to enjoy for me. Did his future albums maintain that feel or where there other records that were more similar?

So, these guys?

i never did get around to getting his later albums, but i still love Several Arrows Later

"The Butcher" is lighting up my ears right now, spring in a bottle. Bounce back and forth between Emblems and Several Arrows Later as my favorite, but all of their releases are very good. Grateful that a friend turned me on to them so many years ago now, searching for something to fill the void after Lullaby for the Working Class' three.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqW-MofVYsM

Bandcamp pre-order up for The Natural Lines, MPPA rebranded. "The Problem is Me", first song/video.

Haven't listened lately, but I remember liking his 2007 album, as said in this preview for a Columbus OH off-campus weekly:

Matt Pond PA
Thursday @The Basement

Singer-songwriter-bandleader Matt Pond is indeed from PA, with a knack for UK-associated, glum but fervent, rainy day rock-soul-pop, in the tradition of the Kinks and the Zombies, Pulp and the Cure. Pond’s new album, Last Light, the first he’s produced, is concise and varied, building moody momentum. Guests include Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, Bardo Pond’s Isobelle Sollenberger, Beck/Elliot Smith henchman Rob Schnapf, and chamber rock arranger/multi-instrumentalist Brian Pearl. Pond’s basic combo is also tight and adaptable, but can they cut it live, without the reinforcements? We’ll see.

huh - says they're NY based but album is selling in GBP on bandcamp