Bardo Pond

Bardo Pond are a long-running psychedelic rock band from Philadelphia. During the '90s, they were the flagship act of Philly's "Psychedelphia" space rock movement, which also included the likes of Aspera, Asteroid No. 4, the Azusa Plane, and tangentially, the Lilys. Explicitly drug-inspired -- their titles were full of obscure references to psychedelics -- they favored lengthy, deliberate sound explorations filled with all the hallmarks of modern-day space rock: droning guitars, thick distortion, feedback, reverb, and washes of white noise. Hints of blues structure often cropp...