Bardo Pond.

[D.o.S.]

Yeah I'm definitely on the "less flute is more better" end of the spectrum.

[retinal orbita]

I guess the problem I have is that as albums, they aren't particularly memorable. Like, I'd be hard pressed to tell a lot of difference between Dilate and any other album. I think that lack of diversity is their undoing.... And it's notate genre, I can tell the difference between Suisho No Fune records and they're going for a similar approach. For example, when I heard them do that covers recording was really exciting because it was like "okay wow, you're branching out a little here" and they were pushed into a different vibe because they had to..... No hate, and I bet they'd be awesome live, but I see why they're kind of the psych underdog..... I mean their distribution is shit too for people who actually purchase records..... If matador picked them up and let them press some lps they'd triple their fan base, I bet......

[D.o.S.]

... You know they were signed to Matador, right?

[retinal orbita]

Were they? I guess they were more popular before.... I guess I should revise it to "if they had more label support/better distribution they'd be bigger"

Or would they.....

[D.o.S.]

Were they? I guess they were more popular before.... I guess I should revise it to "if they had more label support/better distribution they'd be bigger"

Or would they.....

Yeah, they were on Matador from like '96-'00-ish. I lol'd when I realized you weren't being sarcastic because, yeah, they seem like such a perfect 'Dor band.

Not that it really matters, since their Matador LP's compromise like 1/10th of their output.

[fishinjim]

I'll chime in with props for my fellow Philadelphs.
Not sure if they're still doing it, but the Bardo side project, Alasehir, is some good listening too. Slightly heavy.