Bardo Pond - Looking For Another Place (2014)

An exclusive release for Record Store Day 2014. This title may be available on sale one week after the event on Monday 28th April, dependant on availability.

Bardo Pond follow up last year's RSD release 'Rise Above It All' with the second of a trilogy of RSD exclusive releases. Continuing their exploration and interpretation of existing tracks, this time they turn their attention to 'Ride Into The Sun' by the Velvet Underground and 'Here Come The Warm Jets' by Brian Eno. The results are astounding and in the case of 'Here Come The Warm Jets' wonderfully surprising, with Isobel's voice embellishing a rendition of startling Bardo pop.

Loosely formed in 1989 by guitar wielding art student siblings, Michael and John Gibbons, Bardo Pond became a reality in 1991 with the addition of vocalist and flautist, Isobel Sollenberger, bassist, Clint Takeda and drummer, Joe Culver (replaced in 1999 by trainee librarian, Ed Farnsworth). Bardo Pond are the flagship band of Philly's "Psychedelphia" space rock movement, which also included the likes of Aspera, Asteroid No. 4, the Azusa Plane, and tangentially the Lilys. They favour lengthy, deliberate sound explorations filled with all the hallmarks of modern