Australian band Pond are back with a new single, “Neon River,” that takes us from bucolic folk into interstellar psych over the course of four minutes. It’s also got a video that takes the band into medieval LARPing territory.
Say the band: “This is a full-on Pond Gemini song. Kinda tumbles through bucolic Gum (Jay Watson) larping, into Nick (Allbrook) in maximum Aerosmith spandex mode, with a brief detour into some kind of shoegaze instrumental section. The chorus is about the hollow half dead riverside shuffle of so many pre dawns of years gone by.” Watch the video below.
Pond have also announced a US spring tour with make-up dates from a year ago when visa issues kept them from visiting. The tour includes festival appearances at Shaky Knees in Atlanta and the Kilby Block Party in Salt Lake City. Before that, they’ll open for Queens of the Stone Age in Australia and New Zealand and they’ll visit the UK and Europe in the fall. All dates are listed below.
POND – 2024 TOUR DATES
Saturday, February 10 | Red Hill Auditorium – Perth, WA*
Tuesday, February 13 | The Drive – Adelaide, SA*
Friday, February 16 | Mona Lawns – Hobart, TAS*
Sunday, February 18 | Torquay Common – Torquay, VIC*
Monday, February 19 | Sidney Myer Music Bowl – Melbourne, VIC*
Wednesday, February 21 | Hordern Pavilion – Sydney, NSW*
Thursday, February 22 | Hordern Pavillion – Sydney, NSW*
Saturday, February 24 | Broadwater Parklands – Gold Coast, QLD*
Sunday, February 25 | Fortitude Music Hall – Brisbane, QLD*
Monday, February 26 | Fortitude Music Hall – Brisbane, QLD*
Thursday, February 29 | Spark Arena – Auckland, NZ*
Friday, March 1 | TSB Arena – Wellington, NZ*
Sunday, March 3 | Wolfbrook Arena – Christchurch, NZ*
Wednesday, May 1 | The Basement East – Nashville, TN
Thursday, May 2 | The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
Friday, May 3 | Shaky Knees Festival – Atlanta, GA
Tuesday, May 7 | Mohawk – Austin, TX
Wednesday, May 8 | White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
Thursday, May 9 | Trees – Dallas, TX
Saturday, May 11 | Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
Sunday, May 12 | Kilby Court Block Party – Salt Lake City, UT
Wednesday, May 15 | The New Parish – Oakland, CA
Thursday, May 16 | Lodge Room – Los Angeles, CA
Friday, May 17 | The Observatory North Park – San Diego, CA
Saturday, May 18 | The Observatory OC – Santa Ana, CA
Thursday, September 26 | Gorilla – Manchester, UK
Friday, September 27 | The Wardrobe – Leeds, UK
Saturday, September 28 | The Grove – Newcastle, UK
Sunday, September 29 | King Tut’s Wah Wah – Glasgow, UK
Tuesday, October 1 | XOYO Birmingham – Birmingham, UK
Wednesday, October 2 | Thekla – Bristol, UK
Thursday, October 3 | Scala – London, UK
Saturday, October 5 | Le Trabendo – Paris, FR
Sunday, October 6 | La Grand Salon, Botanique – Brussels, BE
Monday, October 7 | Paradiso – Amsterdam, NL
Tuesday, October 8 | Bürgerhaus Stollwerck – Cologne, DE
Thursday, October 10 | Hole44 – Berlin, DE
Friday, October 11 | Fabrik – Hamburg, DE
Sunday, October 13 | Vega – Copenhagen, DK
*supporting Queens of the Stone Age
