Bardo Pond are better at jamming than Bonne Maman. While much of their hazily sprawling output feels decidedly jam-oriented in the first place, since 2000 they\u2019ve used their Volume <\/i>series to showcase some of the headiest improvisations captured at their Lemur House base in Philadelphia. Previous instalments were put out on extremely limited CD-Rs, with a more widely distributed double-disc highlights package from ATP Recordings in 2005. The latest chapter comes courtesy of Fire which is not the first label to have noticed that the Philly spaceheads\u2019 freeform psych rehearsals hit the same levels of lysergic inspiration as their albums \u201cproper\u201d (which also happen to be recorded at Lemur House).<\/p>\n
Granted, there tend to be fewer of Isobel Sollenberger\u2019s blissfully stoned vocal lines on the Volume <\/i>material. She compensates for this with her equally divine flute playing; the perfect foil to the thick and colourful smog of noise weaved from the Gibbons brothers\u2019 deeply distorted guitars.<\/p>\n
Bardo Pond often shine brightest at their most long-form and Volume 8<\/i>\u2019s closing track is a case in point. The only conceivable criticism that could aimed at And I Will is that it winds down after just 17 short minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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