The Weather (Pond album)
The Weather | ||||
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Studio album by Pond | ||||
Released | 5 May 2017 | |||
Studio |
Kevin Parker's home studio (Fremantle, Western Australia) | |||
Genre | Psychedelic rock, neo-psychedelia | |||
Length | 39:44 | |||
Label | Marathon Artists | |||
Producer | Kevin Parker and Pond | |||
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Singles from The Weather | ||||
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The Weather is the seventh studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band Pond. It was released on 5 May 2017 by Marathon Artists.[1]
Background
Pond frontman Nicholas Allbrook has described the album as a "concept album, not completely about Perth, but focusing on all the weird contradictory things that make up a lot of colonial cities around the world. Laying out all the dark things underneath the shimmering exterior of cranes, development, money and white privilege. It’s not our place, but it is our place. British, but Australian, but not REAL Australian. On the edge of the world with a hell of a lot of fucked things defining our little city, still we try and live a wholesome respectful life, while being inherently disrespectful. At the end of all this confusion in our weird little white antipodean world, there’s the beach, purity and nature that brings us all together".[2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 81/100 |
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Pitchfork | 7.7/10 |
The Weather received critical acclaim from music critics, holding an average critic score of 81, based on 11 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[3] Saby Reyes-Kulkarni of Pitchfork wrote that "For all its disjointedness, the album never wanders more than a few inches away from the sublime. It’s a document of a band knocking loudly on the door of greatness."[4] Marcy Donelson for Allmusic described the album as "trippy and shambolic". Donelson also praised its "epic, sometimes otherworldly luster".[5] Gwilym Mumford in the Guardian wrote that the album is "Accessible but still absolutely out there, this is prog, but not as we know it."[6]
Track listing
All tracks written by Jay Watson and Nicholas Allbrook, except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "30,000 Megatons" | 4:02 |
2. | "Sweep Me Off My Feet" | 3:29 |
3. | "Paint Me Silver" (Watson, Allbrook, Todd Rundgren) | 3:44 |
4. | "Colder Than Ice" (Watson, featuring Kirin J Callinan) | 3:10 |
5. | "Edge of the World Pt. 1" | 4:54 |
6. | "A/B" | 3:28 |
7. | "Zen Automaton" (Allbrook) | 4:01 |
8. | "All I Want for Xmas (Is a Tascam 388)" (Joe Ryan, Watson) | 2:36 |
9. | "Edge of the World Pt. 2" (Watson, Allbrook, Ryan) | 6:22 |
10. | "The Weather" | 3:58 |
Total length: | 39:44 |
2017 Japanese Issue Bonus Track | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
11. | "Fire In The Water" | 4:04 |
Total length: | 43:48 |
Personnel
Pond
- Nicholas Allbrook
- Jay Watson
- Joe Ryan
- Jamie Terry
Additional musicians
- Christian Ruggiero – horns on "30000 Megatons" and "Zen Automaton", saxophone on "Colder Than Ice"
- Jamie Canny, Sam Newman – horns on "30000 Megatons" and "Zen Automaton"
- Mei Saraswåati – additional vocals on "Sweep Me Off My Feet" and "Colder Than Ice"
- Kirin J Callinan – additional vocals on "Paint Me Silver" and "Colder Than Ice", guitar noises on "Edge of the World Pt. 2"
- James Ireland – piano and some production on "A/B"
Production
- Production – Kevin Parker and Pond
- Engineering – Pond, Kevin Parker, Richard Ingham
- Mastering – Greg Calbi
- Packaging design – Alex Joseph
Charts
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 33 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] | 126 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] | 132 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10] | 83 |
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