Pond stream 'Giant Tortoise' from new album 'Hobo Rocket'
14 May 2013, 12:49
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
(News)
Aussie psych-rock outfit, Pond have announced details of their upcoming new album.
Hobo Rocket is scheduled for a 5 August release date in the UK, dropping in North America a day later and in the home country on 2 August.
The release is the Perth group’s fifth and follows on 2012’s Beard, Wives, Denim.
Listen to one of the cuts, ‘Giant Tortoise’, beneath the LP’s full tracklisting below:
1. Whatever Happened To The Million Head Collide
2. Xan Man
3. Odarma
4. Alone A Flame A Flower
5. Giant Tortoise
6. Hobo Rocket
7. Midnight Mass
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