Beard Wives Denim

Pond | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 6, 2012)
• Original Release Date: 2012
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Universal Music Enterprises
• ASIN: B006P0YWXK
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,889 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2012 release from the Australian band (not to be confused with the critically acclaimed Oregon band who split in '98). In 2010, at a friend's farmhouse in Eagle Bay, Western Australia, Pond piled in with all their instruments, amplifiers, friends, recording equipment and Sam Ford to record Beard Wives Denim. After two weeks of Lord of the Flies-esque bonding with Frisbee and guitars and absolutely no religion or wood chopping or wives or beards, the album was finished. It a whole lot less like Neil Young, the Grateful Dead or the Band than Pond had imagined when the idea started, but it's the thought that counts. Mixed by Kevin Parker and Rob Grant at Poon's Head Studio in Perth, Beard Wives Denim is an audio diary of ten friends' strange, terrible and blissful time in the country trying in vain to be a wholesome family band. It sounds just like it, distorted and woozy and fractured and ultimately nostalgic and loving.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Please. March 20, 2012

By fan

Format:MP3 Music

To the other reviewer. Just cause you bought the wrong album doesn't give you the right to piss on this band. Take you nostalgia for the crappy portland band elsewhere.
And do a little research before spreading disinformation. The band has 5 members.
To say it's another Tame Impala album would be a compliment of epic proportions.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING May 19, 2012

By Ile

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

Amazing and perfect record. You should get one copy. Everyone need a copy of this. All tracks are potential hits.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars cranked-up psychedelic guitar pop/rock March 23, 2012

By Charlie Quaker

Format:Audio CD

4th album from this Australian band with members of Tame Impala--cranked-up psychedelic
guitar pop/rock; sparkly, melodic sky fireworks; beautifully raucous rock `n' roll drug music;
dazzle-trippy headphone explosions. The songs have a sort of charmingly happy, wide-eyed,
schizophrenic Alice In Wonderland quality. It's a 60s influenced winding path exploration, where
bright colors and fantastic auditorily enhanced imagery cocoons the listener in a vibrant tunnel of
acid noise love. Similarities to Tame Impala, Bubble Puppy, early Flaming Lips, Small Faces,
MGMT, even Led Zeppelin.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything they touch is golden March 24, 2012

By Potassium

Format:Audio CD

This album surpassed all my expectations. I was a huge fan of Pond's last album Frond and I can easily say I liked this one even better. This album feels like a cosmic ride on some crazy space waves. You surf from one track to another and there's never a dull moment. The album is a joy to listen to and before you even know it the ride is over. Yet by the time this album is over I guarantee you'll be ready to take the ride all over again. I also recommend checking out the Tame/Pond collective's other band Mink Mussel Creek.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This rocks! October 25, 2012

By Khraiuser

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

This album doesn't really sound all that much like a Tame Impala record to me. It's pretty awesome in it's own right.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars nice to chill with this cd June 24, 2012

By R. Goldberg

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

We listened to this cd on a saturday night and loved it...some of the tunes made me want to dance and others just left me relaxed and happy..

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Good album! January 21, 2013

By mb1021

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

Pond's "Beard Wives Denim" is a good album...this was my first experience listening to them. I thought it was good enough to consider more of their work.

3 of 60 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't confuse this with the real Pond (Portland, OR - SubPop/Sony) March 13, 2012

By Joe H

Format:Audio CD

First off, even though 'Pond' is a common word - the original Pond was an uncommon band, the Self-Titled album is still amazing after 20 years, not to mention Rock Collection & The Practice of Joy Before Death.
Secondly, again, do not confuse this band for the real Pond - they have nothing in common - other than being a 3 piece.
Thirdly, out of curiosity, I checked out this Pond and gave it an honest listen, it might as well have been just another Tame Impala album - redundant psych pop and to quote musicomh, "This particular water feature needs a bit more tender loving care."
Drugs are highly recommended if you are picking this album up to enjoy it more than I did.