BARDO POLLND

nice doom flute on "chance" on the new one, peace on venus

I am fail for not even knowing that they have a new release till now! :(

http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=release&releaseid=00000001014

Listening to the first

... track now, and I think this "midtempo dirge with loads of crushing bass distortion" direction has legs for the band.

oooh that sounds good

BP has been on a massive roll this decade

I should catch up, was a big fan in the Bufo / Amanita / Lapsed era

Oof, the last track just pummels me in slow motion.

Streaming on Pitchfork Advance right now: http://pitchfork.com/advance/267-peace-on-venus/

this sounds like an album that was made in a blender for me to like it
doom flute 4ever

2013: Year of the Flute

...not really, but I've been jamming this & the new Bill Callahan and Cave records the past 2 weeks....flute all over.

Oh wow when there's this quick break and Isobel sings "It's gonna be all right," wow.

1) this seems to be the only album i can use to convince myself to do boring work for work -- if i do the task, i get to listen to new bardo pond.
2) from the first two lines of singing in kali yuga blues, all i can think about is moon pix era cat power but super plugged in. does isobel always sing like this? who sang like that first? this is not a joke question.
3) has this band always sounded like this? like, with actual songs? i really don't know that much about them outside of maybe 2-3 albums? both were more instrumental iirc.
4) which of the hash jar tempo albums (that's the one with roy montgomery, right?) is better? i listened to one of them once and it was ok, but kinda...too loose/improv/bloodless and i didn't listen to it again

3. Kind of a recent development, I'd say circa Ticket Crystals where they covered "Cry, Baby, Cry." Not sure which are the actual songs on POV, though!
4. I like the second one (Under Glass) more, but HJT don't do it for me that much, tbh.

All of their proper albums contain at least a couple "songs" among the jams.

Not sure which are the actual songs on POV, though!
wha? this one is pure songs! they're really really slow, but i can hear a structure that i don't always associate with this band. it's like they have a plan and it moves along at a slightly faster pace than it does on what i thought they sounded like. maybe it was just the first song was like that and it made me think the other songs were like that? OR maybe i am listening to something different than i did before? no idea! it definitely sounds songy to me.

i didn't like HJT much either, which is why i was wondering which one was the "good" one since i didn't really feel moved by the one i heard, forget which one tbh

are they touring? i can't even imagine what this would look like live. what do people do at a bardo pond show?

nod off

that sounds boring
are they boring live?

They can be. They can be really exciting, too.
Haven't seen them in 7 or 8 years.

But their shows always seemed like a good opportunity to close my eyes and zone out to the noize rather than get amped and moved around.

They finished an OZ tour a few months back, I think, now they're mostly doing one-offs around Philly/the Northeast.

I have ~never~ seen them live.

That seems like it would be pleasant if you knew what to expect.
Also, I finished the thing I had to do for work, ha. I think I like really slow boring music for stuff like that. I listen to Sleep a lot while grading exams.

slow boring music

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BP has been on a massive roll this decade

― nypc blue (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, October 13, 2013 6:02 PM (4 weeks ago)

otm. didn't know they had a new album out, either. psyched for this afternoon.

It's really good

are they boring live?

they are one of the best bands i've ever seen. they were my highlight from the providence RI terrastock, a fest that included the last US live performance (i think?) of ghost. i saw thurston moore open up for them a few years ago at le paisson rouge and it was just as amazing. closest i can approximate a description is imagine the dead as intense as blue cheer and witchy as black sabbath, and that really doesn't do justice to how awesome they are. a total must see if you get the chance imho

i asked because i think some of the songs on the new album would be super monsters live, but i didn't know if they were reliably good live or touring or what.
my initial thought was that they were touring and it slipped my radar, as things do.

i would not hesitate to recommend seeing them. they absolutely kill it live. it's kind of amazing how heavy it all is and that isobel can stand there in the middle of all that noise, calm as an oracle

It's actually been twelve years since I last saw them. Would love to see them again.

Seen them many many times over the years and they slay. Last saw them at the Louisville Terrastock w/Kawabata from AMT joining in for the full set.

on record, they've been getting heavier with age, as people do

It's a bit hazy, but that Terrastock set seemed to be the perfect mix of relaxed & heavy vibes. I'd imagine not much has shifted since then. That said, really digging the new record. Winter is usually my prime Pond listening season though.

gotta slow down in the winter

That Terrastock set in Louisville has been the only time, out of very many, that they've disappointed me. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it, but yeah usually they slay live. Seem to be playing live a lot less often & with less fanfare. Last time I saw them in London it was barely advertised, smaller venue than usual & I only found out close to the date. They were over en route to a festival in Poland IIRC.

new album sounds less 90s somehow

thought that was baked into their dna or something

'before the moon' is kind of a bad trip

live kali yuga blues, vocals sound v clear even though overall sound is kinda shitty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfjvwGS09Io

bardo pond fucks the sky

That Funkadelic / Pharoah Sanders thing is AMAZING!

Well, yeah

Only heard snippets of the new LP but Isobel soumds AMAZING

*sounds

I haven't really heard any Bardo Pond since Amanita but the new one is fantastic.

i like them better since their drummer got all tuff

this poll is void since Peace On Venus is clearly their best now!

i dunno, i think the heaviest songs on the s/t are better jams, but that one does have some aimless folky spaceouts, ymmv

Still think the peyote blues of Set & Setting are the BP best, but Peace on Venus is immense.

Love the s/t (it's the album that sorta brought me back to this band after years of being outta the loop a bit) but the "Fir" > "Chance" > "Before The Moon" run of songs at the end of the new one is some next level shit (that may just be 'side 2,' dunno, haven't gotten vinyl version yet)