Aussie psych band Pond have announced their 10th album, Stung!, which will be out June 21 via Spinning Top Records. Inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk and Prince’s Sign ‘O’ the Times, the band say this is more of a loose, free-wheeling affair than previous records.
The new single off the album is its second track, “(I’m) Stung.” “I wrote most of this while mowing someone’s lawn,” says Pond-leader Nick Allbrook. “I went home and put my fingers on the piano and pretty much played the base of it first go. This is a very rare and special treat and buoyed me for weeks. It’s funny because I had a mad crush on someone, and they dropped me like a sack of shit and this song just flew down and clocked me right in the forehead and I felt totally better. Then Gin and Gum added all their magic – cool sounds, passing chords…It’s about being totally pathetically stung by someone and just having to be cool with it being unrequited. Being resilient, accepting that you are a bit of a goose, but life goes on.” You can watch the video below.
Pond will be in the US for most of May surrounding their appearances at Shaky Knees and Kilby Block Party, with dates across the Southeast, Southwest and West Coast, which are with 26fix. All dates are listed below.
STUNG!:
1. Constant Picnic
2. (I’m) Stung
3. Neon River
4. So Lo
5. Black Lung
6. Sunrise For The Lonely
7. Elf Bar Blues
8. Edge of the World Pt. 3
9. Stars In Silken Sheets
10. Boys Don’t Crash
11. O, UV Ray
12. Last Elvis
13. Elephant Gun
14. Fell From Grace With The Sea
POND – 2024 TOUR DATES
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR:
Supported by 26fix
5.1.24 – The Basement East – Nashville, TN
5.2.24 – The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
5.3.24 – Shaky Knees Festival – Atlanta, GA
5.4.24 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA
5.7.24 – Mohawk – Austin, TX
5.8.24 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
5.9.24 – Trees – Dallas, TX
5.11.24 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
5.12.24 – Kilby Court Block Party – Salt Lake City, UT
5.15.24 – The New Parish – Oakland, CA
5.16.24 – Lodge Room – Los Angeles, CA
5.17.24 – The Observatory North Park – San Diego, CA
5.18.24 – The Observatory OC – Santa Ana, CA
UK/EU TOUR:
9.24.24 Papillon – Southampton, UK
9.26.24 – Gorilla – Manchester, UK
9.27.24 – The Wardrobe – Leeds, UK
9.28.24 – The Grove – Newcastle, UK
9.29.24 – King Tut’s Wah Wah – Glasgow, UK
10.1.24 – XOYO Birmingham – Birmingham, UK
10.2.24 – Thekla – Bristol, UK
10.3.24 – Scala – London, UK
10.5.24 – La Trabendo – Paris, FR
10.6.24 – La Grand Salon, Botanique – Brussels, BE
10.7.24 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, NL
10.8.24 – Bürgerhaus Stollwerck – Cologne, DE
10.10.24 – Hole44 – Berlin, DE
10.11.24 – Fabrik – Hamburg, DE
10.13.24 – Vega – Copenhagen, DK
AUS TOUR:
06.14.24 – VIVID Sydney @ Carriageworks
06.15.24 – Altar, Hobart, TAS
06.27.24 Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide, SA
06.28.24 -Northcote Theatre – Melbourne, VIC
06.29.24 – Princess Theatre – Brisbane, QLD
07.06.24 – Freo Social – Fremantle, WA
07.20.24 – Splendour in the Grass, Byron Bay NSW