(2018) Bardo Pond - Volume 8

Review: 
Long-running Philly psych rock group Bardo Pond are an enigmatic force, to say the least. They’ve released 11 studio albums over the years, from 1995’s debut Bufo Alvarius Amen 29:15 to this year’s Under the Pines, and they’re already back with their 12th LP Volume 8. 
A euphoric transcendental journey to a mountain top nirvana, a psychedelic tapestry that slowly unwinds as they travel onwards into the inner mind. 
A 40-minute opus delivered from a hail of reverb soulfully caressed by a ceremonial flute, that makes way for a shroud of ‘Weld’-era Neil Young fog. 
Bardo Pond is your rather ruffled tour guide to this far off place, this distant sense of wonderment at the crossroads with bewilderment. 
Loved and lauded by the late Lou Reed and his wife Laurie Anderson, Jesus & Mary Chain, Mogwai and many more and acclaimed in the music press. 
Over six and a half minutes, “Kailash” meanders with gentle force, driven by Isobel Sollenberger’s otherworldly flute melody over the dark and steady bass and drumlines. The name comes from China’s Mount Kailash, a remote mountaintop often regarded as a sacred, holy place. Bardo Pond funnels their own interpretation of the mountain’s powers into the track, setting the mood for the album, which is described as a “euphoric transcendental journey to a mountain top nirvana, a psychedelic tapestry that slowly unwinds as they travel onwards into the inner mind.” 

Tracklist: 
01 - Kailash.flac 
02 - Flayed Wish.flac 
03 - Power Children.flac 
04 - Cud.flac 
05 - And I Will.flac 

Summary: 
Country: USA 
Genre: post-rock, psychedelic rock