Words by Riley Fitzgerald

Graphic by Press

On Friday 8 November, POND will release a new album.

The record, also the group’s first live album, will be titled Sessions.

“We wanted to capture how the band has been playing live lately and commit that to tape while we were in the middle of a long tour,” reveals POND’s Jay Watson. “As you play the same song for years, or even as a single tour rolls on, the way you play the songs mutates. Little inflections and fills become part of the song, and the structures and even the overall feeling and intent of the songs change. I always loved listening to my favourite bands’ Peel Sessions and wanted something of our own in that vein.”

The group has yet to drop any official singles, but a live recording of longstanding POND staple ‘Don’t Look At The Sun (You’ll Go Blind)’ incorporating elements of ESG‘s ‘Six Pack’ and The Prodigy‘s ‘Firestarter’ has been released.

More details soon.