Bardo Pond (Picture Disc)

VINYL FORMAT. Picture disc! Formed in 1989 in Philadelphia by the guitar-wielding Gibbons brothers, Bardo Pond's drug-inspired space rock-complete with droning guitars, heavy distortion, feedback, reverb, and white noise-soon made them cornerstones of the "Psychedelphia" scene (Aspera, Asteroid No. 4, Azusa Plane) and the same warped galaxy as bands like Hawkwind, Amon Duul II, Spacemen 3 and Mogwai. Now two decades and many albums later, Bardo Pond are still drinking the water in Philly and this latest eponymous album (released in 2010) is just one of its happy consequences. The album eddies in a whirlpool of country psych, with Isobel Sollengberger's vocals braving the acid-tainted rapids.