Pond at 7th Street

Pond Setlist

  1. 30,000 Megatons
  2. Sweep Me Off My Feet
  3. Sixteen Days
  4. Waiting Around for Grace
  5. Whatever Happened to the Million Head Collide /Alpha Beta Gaga
    (Air cover)
  6. Zen Automaton
  7. Tasmania
  8. Fire in the Water
  9. Burnt Out Star
  10. Giant Tortoise / Eye Pattern Blindness
  11. Paint Me Silver
  12. The Weather

    — Encore —

  13. Midnight Mass (At the Market St. Payphone)
  14. Man It Feels Like Space Again




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The thing about Perth, Australia’s Pond is that three band members is actually in another, more successful Australian band Tame Impala. Although, it would seem that Pond

Psychedelic rock band Pond (Nick Allbrook, Jay Watson, Joe Ryan and Jamie Terry) is played the 7th Street Entry on Wednesday, October 24th.



Opening the show was Denver (but based in Los Angeles currently) Sur Ellz, with, “a brand new setup”, referring to his music machine. His style is laidback soul with lots of loops and beats.



The new music setup had its problem, as on his last song, he had some technical difficulties and the song was delayed… but it didn’t really go over the given 30-min time slot.



Fresh from their recent appearance at Desert Daze, Australia’s Pond (not to be confused with American 90s band Pond) has sold out their 7th Street Entry appearance. It shouldn’t be a surprise, given how hot psych rock is at the moment… and the fact that Pond’s members are also in the incredibly popular Tame Impala. At Desert Daze, on the
first night, Jess wrote, “Australian band Pond, founded by Tame Impala’s touring members Nick Allbrook and Jay Watson started their set with 30,000 Megatons off their 2017 album The Weather. This track makes me think of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, and Nick Allbrook himself is an alien and bizarre and alive. Fascinating to watch and never skipping a beat, this band is a riot and dazzled the crowd right into basically the entirety of The Weather, and also debuted the song “Burned Out Star”. This one was a true crowd-pleaser and nice little warm-up to the anticipated Tame Impala set.”



What else can we add about the 7th Street Entry show, is that given a headlining time, the band can stretch out their songs, almost jam-like. It’s not uncommon for a five minute song to become ten minutes live. Again, starting with set intro song “30,000 Megatons”, the boys rocked with leader Nick Allbrook doing some of his most funkiest dance moves.



The group mostly played songs from their seventh studio album
The Weather
, including their title track as set closer.

Remaining tour dates:

10/29/2018
El Club, Detroit, MI

10/30/2018
Mr. Small’s Theatre, Millvale, PA

10/31/2018
The Haunt, Ithaca, NY

11/02/2018
Royale, Boston, MA

11/04/2018 Opera House, Toronto, ON

11/07/2018
Black Cat, Washington, DC

11/08/2018
The Hall, Elsewhere, Brooklyn, NY

11/10/2018 House of Creatives Music

11/11/2018 House of Creatives Music

11/17/2018 Festival Corona Capital 2018

11/18/2018 Festival Corona Capital 2018

11/30/2018 Fairgrounds Festival 2018

12/01/2018 Fairgrounds Festival 2018

12/07/2018 Meredith Music Festival 2018

12/09/2018 Meredith Music Festival 2018




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Pond at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (24 Oct 2018)


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