Volume 4 and 5
A double LP package from Bardo Pond, combining two of their super rare jam volumes on vinyl for the first time. A further edition in this celebrated series, Volume 4 and Volume 5 feature more freeform improvisational pieces from the hypnotic Philadelphia outfit.
Capturing the raw essence of the band, whose fearless exploration blurs the lines between structure, chaos, melody, and noise. Bardo Pond's music traverses space rock, acid rock, post-rock, shoegaze, noise, Krautrock, and psychedelia.
Volume 4 hails from self-released sessions recorded in January 2002, its five tracks include the supremely tripped out heaviness of âK2â and the balance-shifting âNew Drunks (Revisited)â with Isobel Sollenbergerâs exquisite and, frankly, quite disturbing vocal. Theyâre shorter interrogations of sound by Bardo terms, almost succinct in their mesmerizing riffage and off-kilter arrangements.
By contrast, Volume 5 consists of two lengthy mantras recorded between 2000 and 2004 and released as the tape spool spiraled out. âFUFOâ sounds like Cluster unraveling with Merzbow mixing, a post-industrial slew of hypnotic proportions, while âMonarchâ begins as a Current 93-like neo-folk mood piece before evolving into a wailing slice of drone-drenched Americana by way of a Velvetsâ jam.
âWe were pushing improvisations as far as we could. It was glorious having the studio. The more that our heads were spinning after a session, the better we knew that session would sound when we listened back. We were getting together two nights a week, usually three or four hours working on material and songs and the other half the time letting loose. Volumes 4 and 5 gather together some of these improvisations, and one early song that we felt like doing.â Adds Michael Gibbons of Bardo Pond.
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Volume 4 and 5
A double LP package from Bardo Pond, combining two of their super rare jam volumes on vinyl for the first time. A further edition in this celebrated series, Volume 4 and Volume 5 feature more freeform improvisational pieces from the hypnotic Philadelphia outfit.
Capturing the raw essence of the band, whose fearless exploration blurs the lines between structure, chaos, melody, and noise. Bardo Pond's music traverses space rock, acid rock, post-rock, shoegaze, noise, Krautrock, and psychedelia.
Volume 4 hails from self-released sessions recorded in January 2002, its five tracks include the supremely tripped out heaviness of âK2â and the balance-shifting âNew Drunks (Revisited)â with Isobel Sollenbergerâs exquisite and, frankly, quite disturbing vocal. Theyâre shorter interrogations of sound by Bardo terms, almost succinct in their mesmerizing riffage and off-kilter arrangements.
By contrast, Volume 5 consists of two lengthy mantras recorded between 2000 and 2004 and released as the tape spool spiraled out. âFUFOâ sounds like Cluster unraveling with Merzbow mixing, a post-industrial slew of hypnotic proportions, while âMonarchâ begins as a Current 93-like neo-folk mood piece before evolving into a wailing slice of drone-drenched Americana by way of a Velvetsâ jam.
âWe were pushing improvisations as far as we could. It was glorious having the studio. The more that our heads were spinning after a session, the better we knew that session would sound when we listened back. We were getting together two nights a week, usually three or four hours working on material and songs and the other half the time letting loose. Volumes 4 and 5 gather together some of these improvisations, and one early song that we felt like doing.â Adds Michael Gibbons of Bardo Pond.
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A double LP package from Bardo Pond, combining two of their super rare jam volumes on vinyl for the first time. A further edition in this celebrated series, Volume 4 and Volume 5 feature more freeform improvisational pieces from the hypnotic Philadelphia outfit.
Capturing the raw essence of the band, whose fearless exploration blurs the lines between structure, chaos, melody, and noise. Bardo Pond's music traverses space rock, acid rock, post-rock, shoegaze, noise, Krautrock, and psychedelia.
Volume 4 hails from self-released sessions recorded in January 2002, its five tracks include the supremely tripped out heaviness of âK2â and the balance-shifting âNew Drunks (Revisited)â with Isobel Sollenbergerâs exquisite and, frankly, quite disturbing vocal. Theyâre shorter interrogations of sound by Bardo terms, almost succinct in their mesmerizing riffage and off-kilter arrangements.
By contrast, Volume 5 consists of two lengthy mantras recorded between 2000 and 2004 and released as the tape spool spiraled out. âFUFOâ sounds like Cluster unraveling with Merzbow mixing, a post-industrial slew of hypnotic proportions, while âMonarchâ begins as a Current 93-like neo-folk mood piece before evolving into a wailing slice of drone-drenched Americana by way of a Velvetsâ jam.
âWe were pushing improvisations as far as we could. It was glorious having the studio. The more that our heads were spinning after a session, the better we knew that session would sound when we listened back. We were getting together two nights a week, usually three or four hours working on material and songs and the other half the time letting loose. Volumes 4 and 5 gather together some of these improvisations, and one early song that we felt like doing.â Adds Michael Gibbons of Bardo Pond.
