Bardo Pond – Amanita

Whipping up a compelling a mix of drone, volume, and blissout, on 'Amanita' Bardo Pond cranked the amps, switched on the pedals, and let fly with 11 monster songs. Effortlessly combining psychedelic inspirations from Pink Floyd's original explorations to the more modern reachings into the beyond by My Bloody Valentine, it's a simply stunning way to begin an equally stunning album.

Many of the songs take a generally quieter approach before fully turning on the riff action. Two good examples are "Tantric Porno," where things are more understated before pumping up the volume and the similarly paced "Yellow Turban," with its slow, downward crawl and wonderful guitar from the Gibbons brothers, alternately watery, weird, loud, and crumbling.

Final number "RM" lets Sollenberger more clearly contribute her flute to the proceedings, while in general, whipping a last conclusive blast of sound to close out an astonishing and inspiring album. (AMG)

25th anniversary remastered limited edition on double purple vinyl.

Tracklist:
A1 Limerick 10:21
A2 Sentence 5:08
A3 Tantric Porno 6:13
B1 Wank 5:28
B2 The High Frequency 6:51
B3 Sometimes Words 4:38
B4 Clean Sweep 3:53
C1 Yellow Turban 7:38
C2 Rumination 6:22
C3 Be A Fish 4:42
D1 Tapir Song 7:32
D2 Brambles 3:41
D3 RM 9:18