Originally published in The
Aquarian Weekly
Matt Pond
PA/Last Light
Altitude
Records
How do you follow up
the album
that you described as
the most
autobiographical of your career?
What Matt Pond has
done is to
continue offering glimpses
of his
life on the road as his
world
continues to expand.
The music rocks a
little harder
this time out, but it’s
the songwriting
that shows the most
development.
His influences are
decidedly
English, and there
are hints of
everyone from ELO to Blur
here.
The title track is a
swirling, driving
mass that would be at
home on
a Spiritualized
album. “The Crush”
is a harrowing tale of
obsession
played out by angular
guitars.
I look forward to
hearing Matt
Pond’s future
dispatches from the
road. He will be
appearing at The
Stone Pony on Nov.2
and at the
In A Word: EMOtive
Grade: A-
—by Ken Shane