Pond "Stung!" Color:Splatter Bee (/5000) “Masquerade of Madness was released

“Masquerade of Madness was released digitally in 2019 before our North American tour

ASX keeps it's edge but incorporates new instrumentations from strings to horns

with an additional disc of bonus material - including two original unreleased recordings from the era: 'If You Say the Word' and 'Follow Me Around'

which finds the singer addressing civil unrest and systemic racism with unflinching candor

Pond "Stung!" Color:Splatter Bee (/5000) “Masquerade of Madness was releasedPond are one of the most versatile, inquisitive, and accomplished bands of the psychedelic rock vanguard. The last four Pond albums have been showcases of tidiness and brevity, 10 ideas always tucked into 40 minutes or so. But on Stung!, they gleefully, madly, and wilfully lean into double LP largesse, tapping the spirit of Tusk and Sign O the Times by funnelling 14 songs into the most unfettered and splendid hour of their recording career. Stung!