Thanks for tuning in. I live to turn folks on to new music, so I’ll be checking in every week with two or three new albums (i.e. from the last six months) that are worth a listen. Who knows? Maybe you’ll find your new favorite band.
This week I’m looking across both oceans at our Anglophonic rock and roll brethren…
Pond: Beard, Wives, Denim
Heading over the Pacific, let’s start off the column with my favorite new discovery of 2012: Pond. Pond is basically a Tame Impala side-project based in Perth, Australia and their newest album hits a perfect psychedelic rock sweet spot. Great songs (with titles like Fantastic Explosion of Time and Sorry I Was Under the Sky), left-turn guitar jams and music that tells as much a story as the prog-rock lyrics, nearly every track on the album is a gem. This is one of the albums that will begin to sound different… and better the more you listen, so have it. After recommending this album to a tastemaker friend, his email reply was to the point: “Holy f#$%!” which sums up my feelings exactly.
MOG: http://mog.com/m/album/64604283?ci=40000
Rhapsody: http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/pond/album/beard-wives-denim
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B007BZKW8C
