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Greens Pool
Rock · 2010

Greens Pool

December 23, 2010 · Badminton Bandit

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Greens Pool sounds like a memory of a beach trip that has been left out in the sun until the colors have begun to bleed.

It is a stark departure from the high-voltage, synth-heavy glam rock that Pond would later become famous for. Instead, this release captures the band in a moment of quiet, lo-fi experimentation, where acoustic guitars are layered with thick tape hiss and vocals are submerged in oceanic reverb. It feels tactile and handmade, much like the 300 unique hand-painted covers that accompanied its original physical release.

Moments Worth Listening For
the way the acoustic guitar in the title track feels like it is being played from another room
the sudden hazy bloom of reverb that swallows the vocals halfway through the b-side
the unpolished tactile sound of fingers sliding across strings during the quietest passages

How does Greens Pool sound next to the rest of Pond's catalogue?

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Ocean+4.0σ

Ocean saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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