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<\/a><\/p>\nYes that\u2019s right, \u00a0those legendary space rockers aka Bardo Pond have joined the Latitudes ranks. The\u00a0psychedelic\u00a0journey of the Pond\u00a0all began by two brothers, Michael & John Gibbons, sharing their interest in free-form noise, spreading the enthusiasm to an array of instrumentalists and vocalists. Their sound snowballed taking in musical roots from the realm of jazz and blues structures, not to mention New York\u2019s No Wave movement championed by the likes of James Chance and the Contortions as well as the downtown Knitting Factory scenes. Now after eight acclaimed full-length albums, the band that often dabbles in an eclectic range of side projects have regrouped for another stormer in our very own Southern Studios.<\/p>\n
The resulting session,\u00a0Yntra,<\/em>\u00a0is a brilliant distillation of what the band do best into just three epic tracks. From the elaboration of the densest, textural landscapes to moments\u00a0of pure, ecstatic clarity the sound is still incredibly thick with their battery of guitars and unrelentingsignature groove riding merrily along underneath. Bardo, true to their name, manage to balance their sound exquisitely between polar extremes.<\/p>\n Yntra<\/em>\u00a0consists of three suitably epic tracks clocking in at 35:25 minutes. Set for release on the 1st October and available for\u00a0pre-order now<\/a>\u00a0in an edition of\u00a0500 CDs in foil-blocked letter-pressed\u00a0orgami-fold wallet, and 800 LPs on 180g white marble vinyl in die-cut\u00a0sleeves, all with inserts; hand packed and hand numbered by the Southern elves.
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