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Bardo Pond

Bardo Pond

Bardo Pond

Eighth studio album from the Philadelphia based veteran psych-rock collective

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Fire Records
UK Release date
06/12/2010
  1. 9.0 |   Blurt

    Bardo Pond shows these underrated icons of indie rock trying on new sounds for size and turning out one of their best albums in doing so
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  2. 8.0 |   Clash

    Spanning all manner of sounds and textures, from ethereal electronics and blissful acoustic twangs to burning, bass-heavy clouds of distortion
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  3. 8.0 |   Subba Cultcha

    Moments of mesmerizing and absorbing soundscapes to match any of their bigger selling peers
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  4. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Thoroughly hypnotic, compelling, even majestic, and at times deeply moving
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  5. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    Slightly shaggier and more ragged than its predecessor, 2006’s Ticket Crystals, Bardo Pond sounds like the group is practically devouring its microphones as it records
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  6. 7.0 |   DIY

    Although Bardo Pond aren’t breaking any new ground in psychedelic rock, it is so satisfying to see a band sticking to the music they love and continuing to produce quality work
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  7. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Key to the unique mood Bardo Pond achieve is the alchemical dynamic between brothers John and Michael Gibbons’ crushing guitars and Isobel Sollenberger’s wavering vocals
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  8. 6.5 |   Pitchfork

    Bardo Pond isn't the band's best LP, [but] it might be their most representative: both the tiresome excess and the lung-blackening reward
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  9. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Bardo Pond’s songs have a simple one-part structure upon which they slab layers of fuzz and heaviness so that what begins as a catchy song, lulls you into a hallucinogenic sleep
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  10. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only


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