Pond in session for Marc Riley and Gideon Coe on September 25, 2024.
Pond formed in 2008. Initially featuring a revolving line-up, since 2016 the band has consisted of Nick Allbrook, Jay Watson, Shiny Joe Ryan, Jamie Terry, and James Ireland.
Pond is often heavily associated with fellow Perth-based psychedelic rock/pop band Tame Impala, as members of both groups are longtime close friends and collaborators. Watson is currently a full-time member of both acts. Lead singer Allbrook contributed to both bands from 2009 to 2013 before leaving Tame Impala to focus on Pond and his own solo career. Multi-instrumentalists Ryan and Ireland serve as crew members for Tame Impala’s live act. In addition, current Tame Impala members Kevin Parker, Cam Avery, and Julien Barbagallo are all former members of Pond. Parker continued to work with the band as its record producer until 2020, and Avery collaborated with Allbrook as the duo Allbrook/Avery. Watson and Ireland sometimes collaborate under the name GUM & Ginoli, remixing songs originally recorded by other artists.
On 31 January 2024, Pond released a new single, “Neon River”, accompanied by a music video. In February and March, they toured across Australia and New Zealand as one of the opening acts for Queens of the Stone Age. On 27 March 2024, the band announced that their tenth studio album, Stung!, would be released on 21 June 2024. Accompanying the album’s unveiling was its second single, “(I’m) Stung”, along with a music video and news of a tour of Australia later that year. On 21 May 2024, it was announced that the third single from Stung!, titled “So Lo”, would be released on 28 May 2024.
As of October 2024, Pond has released ten studio albums and one live album.
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