Pond The Weather LP White & Blue Splatter Gatefold Australia 2017 w. dwnld card

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Pond

The Weather

White & Blue Splatter

Label:Universal Music Australia 5740830  Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, White & Blue Splatter  Country:Australia 
Released:05 May 2017  Genre:Rock  Style:Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock

AllMusic:  A reference to a once mundane subject that's come to be loaded with the realities of climate change, The Weather is the seventh studio LP from Australian psych-pop outfit Pond. The album was produced by Tame Impala's Kevin Parker, bandmate and former bandmate of Pond founders Jay Watson and Nick Allbrook, respectively. The title also refers to the sociopolitical climate leading up to its release in the spring of 2017. In fact, the band's otherwise often inscrutable lyrics openly address these topics, alongside an also somewhat transformed sound. Still trippy and shambolic, The Weather carries an epic, sometimes otherworldly luster, with a synth-poppy psychedelia that takes a half step out of deep fuzz toward ELO. All of the above is on display on the theatrical single "30000 Megatons," which contemplates the nuclear threat ("pointed at her and him and you and me and everyone we know"). It does so with dramatic synths and pleas for sanity amid references to Xanax, Tinder, and Australian morning-radio personalities before the vocals are drowned out by a cacophony of guitar, thudding drums, and spoken-word clips. (Of note, the single was released on the day of Donald Trump's inauguration.) The present and future are explored further on songs like "Colder Than Ice," a new wavy tune replete with saxophone, and the glitchy "Zen Automaton." Elsewhere, "A/B" is a chaotic rock-out that transforms into a piano meditation before the midway point. According to Allbrook, it contrasts overindulgence with the recollection of a girl he met at a train station. Written by Watson, the more playful "All I Want for Xmas (Is a Tascam 388)" wrangles stomping beats, meeping synths, and animal calls. While still typically madcap, The Weather may be the band's most coherent release to date, especially with a song like "Sweep Me Off My Feet," the record's AOR-friendly lead single. Taken as a whole, it works as both a flamboyant acknowledgment of and release from volatile times.

Tracklist

A1 30000 Megatons 4:02

A2 Sweep Me Off My Feet 3:29

A3 Paint Me Silver 3:44

A4 Colder Than Ice 3:10

A5 Edge Of The World Pt. 1 4:54

B1 A/B 3:28

B2 Zen Automaton 4:01

B3 All I Want For Xmas (Is A Tascam 388) 2:36

B4 Edge Of The World Pt. 2 6:22

B5 The Weather 3:58

Published By – BMG Chrysalis

Copyright (c) – Pond Band

Licensed To – Universal Music Australia

Distributed By – EMI Recorded Music Australia

Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Pressed By – GZ Media

Design – Alex Joseph

Engineer – Richard Ingham

Mastered By – Greg Calbi

Producer – Kevin Parker

White & blue splatter vinyl in gatefold sleeve. Includes postcard style download card.

Limited number of copies available with a signed slip.

Barcode: 0602557408300

Matrix / Runout (Side A): 153795E1/B 5740830-A

Matrix / Runout (Side B): 153795E2/B 5740830-B

CONDITION:  NEW SEALED