Ian's got the right idea - great live, but you need to be in The Mood to really enjoy them on record. _Measure_ is my favorite (though some of the interludes drag a wee bit).
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you probably wish you had that back.
― jb, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 16:51 (eighteen years ago) link
so... do you now wish you hadn't taken that back? i'm confused.
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I am now more interested in Matt Pond PA than ever before. Will have to see if this is up on eMusic...
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Anybody else?
― ianinportland (ianinportland), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 22:15 (eighteen years ago) link
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.
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― jimmy glass (electricsound), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:36 (eighteen years ago) link
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?
― Nhex, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
So, these guys?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 31 October 2013 12:25 (ten years ago) link
i never did get around to getting his later albums, but i still love Several Arrows Later
― Nhex, Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:03 (ten years ago) link
"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.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:40 (five years ago) link
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.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 9 September 2022 15:37 (one year ago) link
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 PAThursday @The BasementSinger-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.
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.
― dow, Friday, 9 September 2022 23:24 (one year ago) link
huh - says they're NY based but album is selling in GBP on bandcamp
― Nhex, Saturday, 10 September 2022 00:30 (one year ago) link