March 1 street date. Bardo Pond's extensive archive recordings series opens up once again with "Volume 9", an incisive journey into their hypnotic sound. Recorded in the early 2000s, it's a heady mix of acoustic ambience and menacing distortion. Infamous purveyors of longform stoner rock, Bardo Pond embrace their sludgestorms with graceful nods to Hawkwind, Earth, and my bloody valentine. For anyone uninitiated with the band's tranquilizing sound, "Volume 9" leans into their mesmeric practise with reckless abandon. Featuring two tracks recorded with ace percussionist Michael Zanghi (Kurt Vile/The War On Drugs) and the seminal two parter ‘War Is Over’, a lilting Floydian strum that’s invaded - quite literally - by unreconstructed noise. The Zanghi collaboration is an Eastern-facing mantra with percussive flurries and distorted modal shifts - like listening on the other side of feedback.
October 25 street date. Matador are pleased to present another installment of the Revisionist History Program with a remastered purple vinyl deluxe edition of Bardo Pond's classic 1999 LP, "Set And Setting". This 25th anniversary package follows the legendary Philadelphia ensemble's long-since sold-out repress of "Amanita" in 2021, and features the eleven-minute opener "Walking Stick Man" and the single "This Time (So Fucked)". Timothy Leary said, "never take psychedelics without proper set and setting".
October 25 street date. Matador are pleased to present another installment of the Revisionist History Program with a double LP compilation from legendary Philadelphia ensemble Bardo Pond. Released together on vinyl for the first time, "Melt Away" catalogues late 1990s rarities and outtakes from the creative apex in the band's career. Album highlight "The Trail", originally recorded for the "What's Up Matador" compilation, dissolves six minutes into a moment. Blink once and you'll miss it. Blink twice and the wallpaper might start to move.
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