wtf didn't even know about this, RIP their web presence.
― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Saturday, 20 October 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
Don't even know how I can pick up their last vol. CD-R!
― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Saturday, 20 October 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
seriously this is really great vintage stuff
http://blog.southern.com/2012/09/bardo-pond-grace-us-with-a-divine-latitudes-session/
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 20 October 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
i listened to the first 2 tracks on youtube. its really really good so far
― skeevy wonder (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 21 October 2012 04:12 (eleven years ago) link
two great (relatively) straightforward rock songs then a twenty minute hawkwind meltdown makoto kawabata would give his left nut to have been part of
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 21 October 2012 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
I would've voted Ticket Crystals, but I'm hardly a completist.
― Raymond Cummings, Sunday, 21 October 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
Who's the lead vox on the second track of the new one?
― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Sunday, 21 October 2012 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know why it's taking me so long to get into these monster freakout jams now, but I'm finally digging on "A Crossing" now.
― Godspeed You Black Emperor Tomato Ketchup! (Leee), Monday, 19 November 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
Man, Ticket Crystals sounding so good this morning. "destroying Angel" is my favorite Bardo Pond song right now. Isobel's voice reminds me of a (relatively) more tuneful Toody Cole, and when the flute comes in and you think it's just another vocal track at first, it's seriously a Fripp-guitar-solo-on-"Hammond Song" kinda moment
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah imo Ticket Crystals is the start of a major upswing for the Bardos
― x-gau, uncut gau, The Bomb! (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
attn bardo pond enthusiasts:http://open.spotify.com/track/0aC2O1Md5jNf2xmeRfl7sQ
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Sunday, 21 April 2013 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
going in...
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Sunday, 21 April 2013 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
(thx lech)
Holy shit this maggot brain gets really molten
― Trip Maker, Sunday, 21 April 2013 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
:)the creator has but one demand: peace and happiness throughout the land
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Sunday, 21 April 2013 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
<3
― Drugs A. Money, Sunday, 21 April 2013 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
damn, that was a hell of a thing. and yeah, "molten" is the word, at least in the second half. can't touch the liquid precision and dialed-in emotional intensity of the original, but provides a spectacular platform for bp's sense-dulled flame & glide.
"the creator has a master plan" is proceeding v nicely, too. shades of spacemen 3's take on "transparent radiation". these are no shit two of my very favorite songs in all the world, and i can't imagine them channeled through a finer medium.
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Sunday, 21 April 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
this rules
― original bgm, Sunday, 21 April 2013 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
listened to this on repeat for most of the morning. helps ease the descent.
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Monday, 22 April 2013 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
Located a copy in St Louis!
― Trip Maker, Monday, 22 April 2013 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
Playing their side from Harmony of the Spheres in anticipation. I think I like them them most when they extend further.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
then yr gonna love this
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
that harmony of the spheres box is so great though. haven't played it in ages. wanna rectify, but it's 3,000 miles away :(
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
What's going on for those of us without Spotify?
― R = J - L (Leee), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 01:41 (eleven years ago) link
isobel blowing pharoah sanders licks on her pipe rules
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 25 April 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
Aw man the copy that I thought I was getting fell through. Well...at least it is on spotify.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
Isobel's flute on "Maggot Brain" makes it sound like an On the Ellipse outtake so far, though the production is a little grungier.
― Hoster Tulleee, Lord of Riverrun, Past Eve and Adam's (Leee), Sunday, 28 April 2013 05:21 (eleven years ago) link
this is great! I mean, I expected it to be, and it didn't disappoint. These guys are getting better imo...
― pink lady lemoncankles (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 28 April 2013 07:20 (eleven years ago) link
nice doom flute on "chance" on the new one, peace on venus
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 12 October 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
I am fail for not even knowing that they have a new release till now! :(
― Shannon Leeedles (Leee), Saturday, 12 October 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=release&releaseid=00000001014
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 12 October 2013 23:21 (ten years ago) link
Listening to the first
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Sunday, 13 October 2013 22:03 (ten years ago) link
... track now, and I think this "midtempo dirge with loads of crushing bass distortion" direction has legs for the band.
oooh that sounds good
― Untt (La Lechera), Sunday, 13 October 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
BP has been on a massive roll this decade
― nypc blue (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 14 October 2013 01:02 (ten years ago) link
I should catch up, was a big fan in the Bufo / Amanita / Lapsed era
― dmr, Monday, 14 October 2013 01:57 (ten years ago) link
Oof, the last track just pummels me in slow motion.
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Monday, 14 October 2013 02:08 (ten years ago) link
Streaming on Pitchfork Advance right now: http://pitchfork.com/advance/267-peace-on-venus/
― dronestreet, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 14:53 (ten years ago) link
this sounds like an album that was made in a blender for me to like itdoom flute 4ever
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 00:22 (ten years ago) link
2013: Year of the Flute
― dronestreet, Wednesday, 30 October 2013 19:24 (ten years ago) link
...not really, but I've been jamming this & the new Bill Callahan and Cave records the past 2 weeks....flute all over.
Oh wow when there's this quick break and Isobel sings "It's gonna be all right," wow.
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Sunday, 10 November 2013 22:41 (ten years ago) link
1) this seems to be the only album i can use to convince myself to do boring work for work -- if i do the task, i get to listen to new bardo pond.2) from the first two lines of singing in kali yuga blues, all i can think about is moon pix era cat power but super plugged in. does isobel always sing like this? who sang like that first? this is not a joke question. 3) has this band always sounded like this? like, with actual songs? i really don't know that much about them outside of maybe 2-3 albums? both were more instrumental iirc. 4) which of the hash jar tempo albums (that's the one with roy montgomery, right?) is better? i listened to one of them once and it was ok, but kinda...too loose/improv/bloodless and i didn't listen to it again
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 11 November 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link
3. Kind of a recent development, I'd say circa Ticket Crystals where they covered "Cry, Baby, Cry." Not sure which are the actual songs on POV, though!4. I like the second one (Under Glass) more, but HJT don't do it for me that much, tbh.
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Monday, 11 November 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
All of their proper albums contain at least a couple "songs" among the jams.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 11 November 2013 18:07 (ten years ago) link
Not sure which are the actual songs on POV, though!wha? this one is pure songs! they're really really slow, but i can hear a structure that i don't always associate with this band. it's like they have a plan and it moves along at a slightly faster pace than it does on what i thought they sounded like. maybe it was just the first song was like that and it made me think the other songs were like that? OR maybe i am listening to something different than i did before? no idea! it definitely sounds songy to me.
i didn't like HJT much either, which is why i was wondering which one was the "good" one since i didn't really feel moved by the one i heard, forget which one tbh
are they touring? i can't even imagine what this would look like live. what do people do at a bardo pond show?
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 11 November 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link
nod off
― Trip Maker, Monday, 11 November 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
that sounds boringare they boring live?
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 11 November 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link
They can be. They can be really exciting, too.Haven't seen them in 7 or 8 years.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 11 November 2013 18:20 (ten years ago) link
But their shows always seemed like a good opportunity to close my eyes and zone out to the noize rather than get amped and moved around.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 11 November 2013 18:22 (ten years ago) link