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- Summary: The latest full-length release from Australian psychedelic rock band Pond was self-produced and has "no fuzz pedals, no ballads, and no Pink Floyd shit."
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- Record Label: Manhattan
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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UncutJun 18, 2026It's teeming with complexity, feeding references to places, events and literary signposts into songs that wrestle with the violent contradictions of being human. [Jul 2026, p.38]
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Jun 18, 2026The excellent ‘Two Hands’ and title track ‘Terrestrials’, meanwhile, show the band at their most vital and upfront, and, by contrast, ‘Through The Heather’ is a gloriously chilled slice of synth-wave. And though there’s not a ballad in earshot, at times, it sounds a lot like Pink Floyd with a fuzz pedal.
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Jun 18, 2026The gamble mostly pays off. For a group whose entire myth rests on more—more pedals, more jokes, more cosmic sprawl—the bravest move was to do less, and the clarity it buys turns out to be the most genuinely psychedelic trick in Pond’s kit.
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Jun 18, 2026The cinematic “Through the Heather” would fit perfectly in a melancholy, rainy scene of a John Hughes film, while “Tourmaline” gets more ominous and a touch Goth in Sisters of Mercy-like fashion. Not everything is as successful; “The Fatal Shore” is repetitive with a pulsing, redundant beat, but for the most part these danceable tunes do the job.
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Jun 18, 2026While the lyrical concerns remain sadly relevant, Terrestrials can’t help but feel stuck in time.
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Jun 18, 2026While the lyrical concerns remain sadly relevant, Terrestrials can’t help but feel stuck in time.
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Jun 18, 2026While the lyrical concerns remain sadly relevant, Terrestrials can’t help but feel stuck in time.