Even voorstellen – Pond announce new album ‘terrestrials’

POND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM TERRESTRIALS
OUT 19th JUNE (mangovision/konkurrent)

June 26 "skyworks” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_sGuaVGmMs

May 26 “through the heater” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTTtxcPrBEw

april 26 L SINGLE/VIDEO ‘TWO HANDS’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTf47abqECc

POND reveal news of their latest album Terrestrials, out on 19th June, on their own newly coined imprint Mangovision via Secretly Distribution, alongside a stream of headline dates in the US this July-September. Marking the announcement is their latest single and video ‘Two Hands’.

Speaking about the new single ‘Two Hands’, Nicholas Allbrook shares “This song is about when mining company Rio Tinto blew up Juukun Gorge in the Hammersley Range in Western Australia. They destroyed sacred rock shelters that were of the highest archaeological, cultural and spiritual significance. The rock shelters contained a cultural sequence spanning 46, 000 years that had been taken care of by the local Indigenous communities. I was wondering how the commentators around this country would've reacted if the shoe was on the other foot and someone had demolished the Vatican or Notre Dame or St. Paul’s because it was in the way of their corporate expansion. Anyway, its a little word of encouragement that you’ve got every right to be very fucking angry about this injustice.”


Ceremoniously distilling the forthcoming record’s intent into a playful caricature through ‘Two Hands’s music video, Allbrook continues, “The video was made by us and Sam Kristofski (with heaps of help from Tess Thompson, Kate Green and Christian Dillon). We filmed it in York and the Beverley Offroad Motorsports Association on one of the hottest days of the summer. Az was tough enough to wear full leathers the whole time. Endless thanks to him and Ry for fully embodying the soul of this video with their enduring passion for dust, rust, black cans, circlework and fucked up old motorcars.”

The group of Nick Allbrook, Jay Watson, Joe Ryan, Jamie Terry, and James Ireland, exist to create – the myriad of crossovers between their projects individually and the scene they first put on the map continues today – and that pursuit is set to persist forever no doubt. Yet for the first time in POND’s history, the recording process on their 11th was subject to a simple set of rules: No fuzz pedal. No ballads. No “Pink Floyd shit”.

Conceived from a place of reverence for a particularly potent epoch in Oz rock, Terrestrials mines the sound of open sky melancholia, heat haze sizzling on the plains and jangly pub backrooms that hits an eternally poignant nerve for anyone familiar with the sound, time and place. From there Terrestrials evolved and the idea of “Goths at the pub” became the record’s stylistic north star - iconic 80s Australiana being acid-washed with the eyeliner-stained post-punk of Sisters Of Mercy, Magazine and the like. “Would Goths like it?” “Could you have a beer to this?” If the answers were yes it was thrust into the mix.

Like much of the Pond catalogue, Terrestrials is a record of people and place, of exploring the identity of each, as well as where and how they intersect and interact. Extractive capitalism, power dynamics, inequality, indigenous incarceration, eccentric outcasts, fire and water, diesel and dust, unity and division, blood and bauxite, unborn tomorrows and dead yesterdays - it’s all there. Terrestrials twitches with the desperation of people and planet on the brink, but ultimately bets on the beauty of both to prevail.

Earlier POND shared the title track to support across NME, CLASH, The Line of Best Fit, DORK and more remarking on the song’s “strutting, preening glam-rock/new wave energy”. Following on from the announcement of their US dates supporting Djo – the musical project of actor, producer, and songwriter Joe Keery, known for his work in Stranger Things and Fargo – POND today announce a stream of headline shows across the US this July-September and will also appear locally at Against the Grain Festivalin Brisbane in June, with more Australian shows to be announced. Pre-sale is available now with general tickets on sale from Friday 10 April @ 10am local via pond.band.

First single
Pond - Terrestrials (Official Video)
LP TRACKLIST

Skyworks

Casuarina

Through The Heather

Two Hands

Roebuck Plains

The Fatal Shore

Tourmaline

Terrestrials

Personal Hell

Nashville (I’m Dying)

ABOUT POND
POND are one of the most versatile, inquisitive, and accomplished bands in the psychedelic rock vanguard. Made up of Nicholas Allbrook, Jay Watson, Joseph Ryan, James Ireland, and Jamie Terry, POND was formed in 2010 in Fremantle, Western Australia. However, it wasn’t until the release of their 2013 record Beard, Wives, Denim that POND went from a group of musicians and friends to an internationally touring band. Today, POND boasts an impressive catalog of recorded music, spanning ten critically-acclaimed albums. Since its beginnings, POND’s prowess in the live arena has also been well documented. Sharing the stage with artists such as Flaming Lips, Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys and more, they have also been on major festival lineups worldwide like Glastonbury, Coachella, Splendour in the Grass, and The Great Escape.

Cactus Club, Brugge - concerts
2026
03-06 Ata Kak
05-06 Oasis tribute by Oasies (Org: Show-Time.be)
08/06 Breaking waves: Memorials
11-06 This will destroy you: ‘Young mountain (05) & another language (2014)’ performed in full + Mascara
12-06 10cc (ism Stricto Tempo)
15-06 Breaking waves: Modern nature (geannuleerd) 

Cactusfestival 2026, Minnewaterpark, Brugge van 10 juli t-m 12 juli 2026
Rooftop street food, van 04 juli term 30 aug 2026
31-07 House of time x Cactus music: Hot stuff (ism House of time): Tje
Brugge Centraal Open Air van 05 augustus t-m 13 augustus 2026
05-08 Raymond V/H Groenewoud
06/08 Tom McRae
07-08 Kraantje Pappie, ’t Hof van commerce, S10, NAFT, Blu samu
12/08 Emmy d’Arc
13/08 Alfa mist

07/08 Benenwerk
14/08  House of time x Cactus music: Hot stuff (ism House of time): Fenne Kuppens (Whispering sons)
03/09 House of time x Cactus music: Hot stuff (ism House of time): Abel Ghekiere
23-09 Cory Hanson (new date)
24-09 Fisher-Z (ism Stricto Tempo)
27-09 Sergeant, Klein Volk
06-10 Berre
07-10 Ploegendienst
10-10 Benenwerk indoor - classix edition 
11-10 Bizkit Park (Org: Show-Time.be)
13/10 The Lemoheads
14-10 Spain plays ‘the blue moods of Spain’, Stadsschouwburg, Brugge (ism CC Brugge)
15-10 High Hi
18-10 Devotchka, Sons of town hall (ism Stricto Tempo)
24-10 Teenage Fanclub
25-10 Bruges is doomed: Wolves in the throne room, Worm, Final dose
27-10 Breaking waves: Personal Trainer
30-10 St. Paul & The Broken Bones
29-10 Zap mama + K.Zia
04/11 Tsar B
05-11 Portland
07-11 De Staat, Hiqpy
10-11 Spike and the gimme gimmes (ism MCLX)
10-11-Breaking waves: Coh3 (Soyuz)
11-11 Joan as police woman, 20 Y ‘real life’
13-11 Surprise (ism Stricto Tempo)
19 + 20-11 Ao
21-11 Nubiyan Twist (ism CC Brugge)
22-11 Luka Bloom @Stadsschouwburg (ism Cultuurcentrum Brugge)
24/11 Breaking waves: Shaking Hand
25/11 Patches
26-11 Jah Wobble plays ‘metal box rebuilt in dub’
02-12 Lézard
07-12-Breaking waves: The Tubs
13-12 Duyster. festival: Sophia, Jake, Xerxes Fussell, Camille Camille, …
2027
24-02 Ila
27-02 The Reytons
27-03 Pokey Lavarge
21-04 Oko Yono, we are stardust, we are golden, the women of the 60s and 70s (ism CC Brugge) (new date)

INFOS
Sound Track
Cactus draait op zonne-energie (en iedereen kan mee investeren)
Poppunt, Clubcircuit vzw, Ancienne Belgique, Formaat en de Brusselse Jeugdhuizen, Cactus Muziekcentrum, Het Depot, Muziekodroom, muziekclub N9, Trix, De Casino, Democrazy, De Zwerver, Het Entrepot, Nosta, Wilde Westen en 4AD presenteren Sound Track, een live- en kansenparcours voor artiesten met talent en ambitie! Met Sound Track, als opvolger van Westtalent, gaan we op zoek naar de sound van onze regio! Je hebt muzikaal talent en je staat te trappelen om je te laten begeleiden naar een roemrijke carrière? Inschrijven is de boodschap!
Meer weten? www.sound-track.be
Too many keys: gloednieuw pianofestival (ism Concertgebouw Brugge) – info zie site
Cactusfestival www.cactusfestival.be
Cactusfestival 2026, Minnewaterpark, Brugge van 10 juli t-m 12 juli 2026
10/07 The Afghan Whigs, Zwangere Guy, Action Bronson, Stone, SONS, High Hi
11/07 Goose, Madness, Aldous Harding, Dry cleaning, Kevin Morby, Nusantara Beat, Joshua Idehen (excl concert), Lézard
12/07 Editors, The Haunted Youth, Osees, Ao, Los Bitchos, Hiqpy, Jehnny Beth + Madra Salach

Moods!
Benenwerk
In augustus wordt de Brugse binnenstad opnieuw omgetoverd tot één grote dansvloer tijdens de editie van Benenwerk 'Ballroom Brugeoise'. Op verschillende podia kan het publiek een hele avond proeven van een uitgebreid aanbod aan dansstijlen en dat volledig gratis. Het evenement is door de jaren heen dan ook uitgegroeid tot een vaste waarde.
Brugge Centraal Open Air van 05 augustus t-m 13 augustus 2026

https://www.cactusmusic.be

Pias news – Saul Williams – new album ‘leap life’

SAUL WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, 'LEAP LIFE' OUT 28TH AUGUST ON BIG DADA

LEAD SINGLE "CONSPIRACY" OUT NOW Conspiracy - Single by Saul Williams | Spotify

Now acclaimed Musician, Poet, Director and Actor Saul Williams has announced his upcoming album 'Leap Life,' set for release 28th August on Big Dada. Named after his leap year birthday, 'Leap Life' arrives less like a conventional studio record and more like an invocation assembled in real time — a gathering of spirits, histories, frequencies and unfinished revolutions arranged through voice, rhythm and intuition.

It marks his first solo full-length work in seven years, and a return to the label where he originally released his first solo works – 1998's "Twice The First Time" and 'Elohim (1972)'. The debut single "Conspiracy," which features Gonjasufi and Moor Mother, arrives alongside the announcement. The track is paired with an official music video from director Cleon Arrey, whose previous credits include work with artists like Snoop Dogg, Akeem-Ali and A$AP Rocky. The record also includes notable contributions and collaborations from the likes of Carlos Niño, Robert Del Naja (Massive Attack), Kamasi Washington, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Surya Botofasina.

For nearly three decades, Saul Williams has occupied a singular place in Black Culture, resisting the confines of genre across music, literature and film with almost militant consistency to use art as a transformative device. His extensive acting portfolio features performances in acclaimed films such as 'Sinners'—which earned a record-breaking 16 Academy Award nominations—as well as 'Lackawanna Blues', 'Aujourd'hui–TEY', and 'New York, I Love You'. Additionally, Williams co-wrote and starred in the Sundance and Cannes award-winning film SLAM and recently marked his directorial debut with the feature "Neptune Frost". Beyond the screen, Williams recently debuted his first graphic novel, 'Martyr Loser King'. This multidisciplinary project integrates components from a touring dance production called The Motherboard Suite (made in collaboration with Bill T. Jones), a poetry collection, and three of his studio albums, including the titular LP.£

£With his upcoming record, 'Leap Life,' Williams expands the definition of what music itself can be, operating on the philosophy that "the voice is the instrument." Throughout the album, Williams speaks, chants, improvises and testifies over fluid arrangements that blur the lines between spoken word, jazz abstraction, hip-hop cadence, West African rhythmic logic, ambient composition and ceremonial sound design. Moving beyond traditional rhyme structures, the project embraces spontaneity, treating language as a rhythmic, vibrating force while capturing the essence of a jazz improviser chasing revelation in real-time, reflecting a lifetime of artistic preparation.

It's a risky process — surrendering control inside a medium built on permanence — but Williams sees revelation in that uncertainty. "What does it mean to trust the moment?" he asks.

That question echoes throughout 'Leap Life', an album focused on alignment: between the visible and invisible worlds, between living people and ancestral memory, between political struggle and endurance. Williams describes the LP as deeply informed by ideas of ceremony and shamanism. Not in the commodified Western sense of spirituality-as-aesthetic, but in the older understanding of music as a tool capable of carrying grief, resistance and healing simultaneously. Where contemporary culture often rewards distraction and emotional numbness, 'Leap Life' insists on intention and meaning.

The album operates almost like a carefully assembled spell, designed to evoke emotional movement within the listener. Nowhere is that clearer than in the album's recurring relationship to ancestry and martyrdom.

Williams openly describes the record as an attempt to commune with the dead. Watching the ongoing devastation across Palestine, Sudan, Haiti, Congo and Yemen, Williams found himself wrestling with questions about what happens to collective grief, where the energy of murdered people goes, how the living remain accountable to the dead and whether liberation movements require solidarity as much as political strategy. "We're going to need those spirits," he says. "There's an understanding that the soldiers in our struggle are not only the visible ones. There are people standing and fighting with us that we may not see."

That tension between accessibility and experimentation has defined Williams' career. He remains deeply interested in popular music while interrogating its limitations. "I'm either inspired or disgusted," he says with a laugh.

Still, 'Leap Life' never feels cynical. Much of that balance comes through the album's collaborative foundation with producer Carlos Niño, whose decades-long friendship with Williams stretches back to the late '90s, when Niño first invited the young poet to perform in Los Angeles. Though Williams composed much of the music, Niño helped shape the connective tissue between disparate ideas, contributing arrangements and musical direction across songs like "Baobab Constellations," "Great, Great-Grandmother," "13 Moons" and "Coming Forth."

Also significant to the album's coalescence is the work of Robert Del Naja (Massive Attack), who helped shape the sound of three Leap Life songs: "I Think I Get It Now," "Controlled Is Not Controllable," and "Not Everything For Sale."

Equally intimate and cosmic, 'Leap Life' invites us to slow down and notice what's in front of us, and, most importantly, to see music as a weapon of change.

1. Baobab Constellation

2. Mazahua
3. I Think I Get It Now
4. Great, Great-Grandmother
5. The Dagger
6. Controlled Is Not Controllable
7. 13 Moons
8. Une Photographie
9. Not Everything For Sale
10. Robot Slave
11. Conspiracy
12. Vengeful Spirit
13. Friends I Ain't Met Yet
14. Coming Forth

Website: https://saulwilliams.com/