Bardo Pond
Destroying Angel
Montana Sacra II
Philadelphia s Bardo Pond return in June 2006 with Ticket Crystals their sixth studio album and second for ATP Recordings. Completing a trilogy of work first embarked on with 2001 s Dilate and centred with 2003 s On .
more »the Ellipse Ticket Crystals resumes the quintet s signature doom tempo, multi-layered drones; while introducing a lighter pastoral, even Tudor-like feel, which rallies throughout against the band s youthful riff petulance. Guitarist and founder member, Michael Gibbons, elaborates: On The Ellipse was really influenced by the post 9/11 vibe, this one is the coming out of that. On this album we really investigated the dynamics between acoustic sound and heavy electrics. Recorded over two years at the band s home studio, a handful of the tracks first came to light on Bardo Pond s 2003 live UK dates alongside kindred spirits and former label mates, Mogwai. Yeah, most of the time we go out on the road be