Pond share psychedelic new single ‘Neon River’ and announce world tour dates
Pond have shared their psychedelic new single ‘Neon River’ and have introduced 2024 US, UK and EU tour dates.
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“Neon river making me shiver / Black robe and a wing / Neon river, holding my liver / Shaking as town sinks,” sings frontman Nicholas Allbrook over a psychedelic rock guitar riff and pounding drums within the refrain of the observe.
Talking of ‘Neon River’ in a press launch, the band stated: “It is a full-on Pond Gemini tune. Kinda tumbles by bucolic Gum (Jay Watson) larping, into Nick (Allbrook) in most Aerosmith spandex mode, with a quick detour into some type of shoegaze instrumental part. The refrain is concerning the hole half-dead riverside shuffle of so many pre-dawns of years passed by.”
The observe’s accompanying music video sees a medieval LARP (Dwell Motion Function Play) troupe meet a lonely hair-metal wanderer, who leads them on a pop-metal odyssey to meet their future.
The observe observe’s the band’s earlier full-length launch, 2021’s ‘9‘. In a four-star evaluate of the album, NME shared: “It’s could be a dangerous recreation to thrown your self into so many alternative kinds on a report, not to mention inside particular person songs. But – from Bowie to Kurt Cobain and William Burroughs – artists of all types have discovered pleasure in such surrealist strategies of chopping up their work and placing it again collectively. Having maybe taken their psych-pop to the perimeters of what’s doable, Pond deserve this second. Hopefully, it proves a gateway to a brand new period for the band that retains on giving.”
The band have additionally shared a run of tour dates that may see them performing within the US, UK and EU. Following a string of exhibits in Australia and New Zealand as opening assist for Queens Of The Stone Age, Pond will set off on their rescheduled US tour dates in Could adopted by their return to the UK and EU in autumn. Try the total tour dates beneath and visit here to purchase tickets for the US and here for tickets in the UK.
Pond 2024 tour dates are:
FEBURARY
10 – Crimson Hill Auditorium – Perth, WA*
13 – The Drive – Adelaide, SA*
16 – Mona Lawns – Hobart, TAS*
18 – Torquay Widespread – Torquay, VIC*
19 – Sidney Myer Music Bowl – Melbourne, VIC*
21 – Hordern Pavilion – Sydney, NSW*
22 – Hordern Pavilion – Sydney, NSW*
24 – Broadwater Parklands – Gold Coast, QLD*
25 – Fortitude Music Corridor – Brisbane, QLD*
26 – Fortitude Music Corridor – Brisbane, QLD*
29 – Spark Area – Auckland, NZ*
MARCH
1 – TSB Area – Wellington, NZ*
3 – Wolfbrook Area – Christchurch, NZ*
MAY
1 – The Basement East – Nashville, TN
2 – The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
3 – Shaky Knees Competition – Atlanta, GA
7 – Mohawk – Austin, TX
8 – White Oak Music Corridor – Houston, TX
9 – Bushes – Dallas, TX
11 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO12.5 | Kilby Courtroom Block Occasion – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT
15 – The New Parish – Oakland, CA
16 – Lodge Room – Los Angeles, CA
17 – The Observatory North Park – San Diego, CA
18 – The Observatory OC – Santa Ana, CA
SEPTEMEBER
26 – Gorilla – Manchester, UK
27 – The Wardrobe – Leeds, UK
28 – The Grove – Newcastle, UK
29 – King Tut’s Wah Wah – Glasgow, UK
OCTOBER
1 – XOYO Birmingham – Birmingham, UK
2 – Thekla – Bristol, UK
3 – Scala – London, UK
5 – Le Trabendo – Paris, FR
6 – La Grand Salon, Botanique – Brussels, BE
7 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, NL
8- Bürgerhaus Stollwerck – Cologne, DE
10 – Hole44 – Berlin, DE
11 – Fabrik – Hamburg, DE
13 – Vega – Copenhagen, DK
*supporting Queens of the Stone Age