matt pond PA's The Dark Leaves is brooding, but it isn't dark

matt pond PA have a well-established formula for making accessible indie pop, usually in chamber form with violin and cello accompanying acoustic guitar. Pond’s been making music with the PA crew since 1998, and despite various lineup changes, their sound has been fairly consistent — some albums teeter on the lush side of […]

[MP3] matt pond PA: "Starting"

Guess what? matt pond PA released their song “Starting”, which can also be found as a 7-inch at the matt pond PA store, for free download. I’ve said a lot about Pond before, as well as a “Notable Album Release” for The Dark Leaves (note the slight title change), which comes out next […]