Man It Feels Like Space Again
Pond share members with Tame Impala but they've always had a comparatively mischievous bent. Their latest leans heavier on synths and dance rhythms, a reflection of them becoming staples of summer festivals like St. Jerome's Laneway.
Perth's psychedelic stars churn out another LP that has its moments, but lacks enough focus to hold your interest the whole way through.
Australian psych pop weirdos Pond existed for a time in the shadows of their somewhat more accessible sister band Tame Impala, both groups sharing multiple members and an obsession with the acid-damaged psychedelia of the '60s and early '70s.
Space? SPACE? It feels bigger than that, sonny Jim. After from the… ooh, approximately five seconds it takes to notice the similarities between Perth popsters Pond and the all-conquering Tame Impala (in both style and personnel), this album stakes its own claim for immortality.
There couldn't be a more apt title for Pond's latest, Man it Feels Like Space Again. Reportedly uttered by guitarist Joseph Ryan while high,...
Six albums into their career, Pond is still known by most as that other psych-rock band from Australia.
Perth’s Pond deliver a colour-riot of hi-tech wigouts on their sixth album, but shouldn’t space sound weirder than this, asks <strong>Tom Hughes</strong>
Pond (AUS) - Man, It Feels like Space Again review: Under the Weight of Guitars.