bardo pond

they're patchy, but i dig a lot of what they've done. Suddenly Like Flames is still their best, not so affected by their blues thing

The bonus EP that went out with their LP-only release -- wow.

Has anyone really been keeping up with the Pond releases? I have just gotten a copy of Peri (even though I guess it's probably pretty old by now) and it's fantastic. Some evil riffage and woozy sunburnt vocals, which i guess probably accounts for most of their catalog.. but i like it.

yeah i do(sometimes), got the latest one Gazing At Shilla,i couldnt afford the 3 other spin off lps though on important. Need to get vol 7 too

Peri's been on my "list of things to get" for a while but not really high enough for me to have done very much about it. I did read somewhere that it was the best thing they'd done in yonks.

Where should I start with this band? I've only heard two tunes (FC II and Walking Clouds), which I really like, but not sure what to plonk down the cash on. Am worried by the lofi album mention upthread, because I think in general this sort of thing needs good engineering to really pummel the listener, in a good sort of way.

Peri's been on my "list of things to get" for a while but not really high enough for me to have done very much about it. I did read somewhere that it was the best thing they'd done in yonks.

I'll support this. I picked it up when it was first released from the Three Lobed store and yes, it's killer.

Where should I start with this band? I've only heard two tunes (FC II and Walking Clouds), which I really like, but not sure what to plonk down the cash on.

Can't go wrong with any of the Matador albums. Lapsed is my favorite, but Set And Setting and Amanita are equally as good.

There are a LOT of side projects, but both Hash Jar Tempo albums are the ones to get first.

Lapsed is my favourite as well, but I'd also recommend Bufo Alvarius and the already mentioned Amanita. I'm very anxious to hear Peri. For some reason I could never really get into the ATP albums of late.

yea lapsed is my favorite, too, and was also my introduction to them. amanita's good too but i never got into it as much as lapsed. been meaning to hear the others for a while. i think emusic has most of them

bardo pond up in this mf!

AMANITA is such a classic

like all time

Best thing about finding out there's a new album released on 6 Dec is that I don't have to wait very long to hear it.

Nope indeed.

Here is the, uh, album cover:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4159ItCcxqL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

amazing cover. had no idea there was a new one coming out. i admit i haven't been keeping up closely with their records, side-projects, archival releases and what have you, maybe as much as i should. but yes, one of my favorites.

It's on Spotify.

How have Yankees gotten this? Just order it direct from Fire?

some dude i was talking to on slsk about a year ago showed me tommy gun angel and i was just like whoa fuck awesome guitar tone

i like to think that is everyone's reaction on hearing "tommy gun angel" the first time; it was certainly mine

I'm one song into the new album ("Just Once") ... and it's already AMAZING.

This is a really heavy album, probably their heaviest ever.

!!

where can i buy this?

opening track is truly heavy and great, though i'm not really feeling the softer tracks on this yet.

hmm okay, fire records... UK, right?

any word on a potential US release? are they still with ATP?

"just once" is a really nice closing credits at the end of the world desert blues noise dirge. exactly what i want to hear right now. "cracker wrist" is hitting me too. sounds straight out of a crazy horse jam session in neil's barn

Listening so far, I'm not feeling it so much, but that may be because I am not listening LOUD enough.

did they get a new drummer?

This is totally badass, sounds a bit more like Grails than what I've heard from them before, tho' tbh I'm not 100% up on all of BP's music.

I wonder how I missed this. Like someone above, I'm one song in and kinda floored. Haven't been super thrilled with them of late, but am suddenly very interested.

Tis very good and coincidentally i just put this album on Spotify about 5 mins before the thread revive

does Bill Magill dig Bardo Pond?

i dunno but black sabbath "changes" just came on shuffle about 5 sec before i clicked this thread and saw bill magill's name O_O

Lolz

A few months down the line, the first song "Just Once" is possibly my favorite thing they've ever done and still in heavy rotation. After that, it's sort of downhill, but a slow and gently sloping downhill. "Sleeping" reminds me, of all things, of something from the Nadja soundtrack that I love so much. Floaty spacy drones in the background, etc. Watching live videos of them is weird. On the one hand, I'm aware that they're hippies, but listening to the albums it's possible to overlook that...

I just got into this record too, loving it.

i neeed this still! glad to hear u guys liking it

Favorite song off this would probably be The Stars Behind...

Ticket Crystals is a really good album as well...

(...not as good as this one though)

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

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...

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...?

ticket crystals was a bit of a snooze... still waiting to hear the new one, sounds promising, though!

"just once" rules

using "snooze" as an insult? maybe Bardo Pond is not the band for you...

pfffft! one of my favorites

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

(Pretentious Opinions R Us)

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...?

"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.

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?