Pond - 9

In Pond's universe nothing stays still for long. Although no one who heard 2019's 'Tasmania' could possibly describe its pulsating psych-pop as straight, Pond wanted to try a more spontaneous way of working for their next record. Taking a leaf out of krautrock outliers Can's book, at the start of 2020, Pond embarked on a series of totally off-the-cuff jam sessions from which songs and ideas could be pulled out. Given the pace at which ideas whizz past your head, it makes for a dizzying listen. Opener 'Song for Agnes' explodes out the speakers like an intergalactic rock opera, running a synapse-tingling gauntlet through bubbling synth pop, '80s hair metal and blissed out saxophone before you know what's hit you.

1) Song for Agnes (4.12)
2) Human Touch (3.20)
3) America's Cup (3.49)
4) Take Me Avalon I'm Young (3.31)
5) Pink Lunettes (5.46)
6) Czech Locomotive (4.51)
7) Rambo (5.03)
8) Gold Cup/Plastic Sole (4.26)
9) Toast (4.09)