{"id":2333527,"date":"2026-03-17T18:18:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2333527"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:18:52","slug":"pond-release-intriguing-new-single-terrestrials-and-announce-new-us-live-shows-with-djo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pond-release-intriguing-new-single-terrestrials-and-announce-new-us-live-shows-with-djo\/","title":{"rendered":"Pond release intriguing new single \u2018Terrestrials\u2019 and announce new US live shows with Djo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/pond\">Pond<\/a> have released an uplifting, intriguing new single called \u2018Terrestrials\u2019, and announced new live shows supporting <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/djo\">Djo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian five-piece are back with the new track, and it marks their first new material since they dropped their 10th studio album \u2018Stung!\u2019 back in summer 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In the track, frontman Nicholas Allbrook and co. take on the nuanced and complicated theme of humanity \u2013 and how it is both capable of both love and cruelty.<\/p>\n<p>It sees the band explore the contradictions rife in society, and how mankind has an unwavering appetite for both items of beauty, as well as items of destruction. \u201c<em>At the sight of the new moon\/ The mongrels go berserk\/ Baby wanna be weightless\/ But it\u2019s a contract signed at birth,<\/em>\u201d sings Allbrook, building towards the energetic chorus. \u201c<em>It\u2019s all good\/ She\u2019ll be alright\/Pray in the morning<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"POND - Terrestrials (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ZgxqzNY3nA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cGum [Jay Watson] wrote the music for this one and we recorded this in Mullumbimby with Julian Abbott at Nowave studio,\u201d the singer said. \u201cThis song is about the weirdest of all the terrestrials, people. Hellbent on flying away from or killing our home soil, with a big appetite for destruction, guns, roses. We can love and connect and nurture and inflict unbearable cruelty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou all know this but, yeah, it\u2019s kind of a great mystery isn\u2019t it? It\u2019s almost more supernatural than extraterrestrials. Which is probably why we wrote this song,\u201d Allbrook added. \u201cThere aren\u2019t many of us who can forget for even a second about the unborn tomorrows and dead yesterdays but among them are, apparently, kids and people in love. My cousin Iz helped write this with our chats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As well as releasing new music, Pond have also announced that they will be bringing their live show on the road this summer, supporting Djo.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the singer, songwriter and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/series\/stranger-things\"><em>Stranger Things<\/em><\/a> star, real name <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/joe-keery\">Joe Keery<\/a>, the band will be playing five new shows across the US, all taking place over the summer. These include an opening night in Pittsburgh, as well as stops in New York, Virginia and more.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV_WPuxmRB0\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Find a full list of shows below and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/2862475\/264167\/4272?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fpond-tickets%2Fartist%2F1714241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit here<\/a> for tickets.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pond\u2019s US tour dates are:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>JULY<\/strong><br \/><strong>14 \u2013 Stage AE \u2013 Pittsburgh PA \/ Seneca Land*<\/strong><br \/><strong>17 \u2013 Forest Hills Stadium \u2013 Forest Hills NY \/ Lenape Land*<\/strong><br \/><strong>21 \u2013 Thompson\u2019s Point \u2013 Portland ME \/ Abenaki Land*<\/strong><br \/><strong>23 \u2013 Artpark Amphitheatre \u2013 Lewiston, NY \/ Tuscarora Land*<\/strong><br \/><strong>31 \u2013 Allianz Amphitheatre at the Riverfront \u2013 Richmond, VA \/ Algonquin Land*<\/strong><br \/><strong>*supporting Djo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The news of the new music and live shows follows on from members of Pond, as well as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/tame-impala\">Tame Impala<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/pond\">Geese<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard\">King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard<\/a>, all <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/tame-impala-geese-pond-and-king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-spotted-together-in-the-studio-3930298\">being spotted together in the studio.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geese\u2019s touring keyboardist Sam Revas posted a video on Instagram, showing Max Bassin and Emily Green jamming with members of Tame Impala, Pond, and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard at a studio in Perth. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/kevin-parker\">Kevin Parker<\/a> was spotted on guitar duties, with Pond members Nick Allbrook, Jay Watson, and James Ireland accompanying alongside King Gizz multi-instrumentalist Ambrose Kenny-Smith.<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t too much of a surprise to see the bands working together, as Pond\u2019s members are longtime touring bandmates with Tame Impala, while Kenny-Smith has collaborated with Watson on a 2024 album called \u2018Ill Times\u2019. Meanwhile, Geese have previously toured with King Gizzard, opening for them on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-2024-south-america-uk-europe-north-america-tour-dates-tickets-3533582\">the US leg of their 2024 tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pond are plotting their escape on new album &#039;Tasmania&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UjxZolTdMUs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Pond\u2019s latest album, \u2018Stung!\u2019, So far, \u2018Stung!\u2019 followed on from the Aussie band\u2019s 2021 record \u20189\u2019. In a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/pond-9-review-3059289\">four-star review<\/a> of that album, Rhys Buchanan wrote for <em>NME<\/em>: \u201cIt can be a risky game to throw yourself into so many different styles on a record, let alone within individual songs. Yet \u2013 from Bowie to Kurt Cobain and William Burroughs \u2013 artists of all kinds have found joy in such surrealist methods of cutting up their work and putting it back together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving perhaps taken their psych-pop to the edges of what\u2019s possible, Pond deserve this moment. Hopefully, it proves a gateway to a new era for the band that keeps on giving.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pond have released an uplifting, intriguing new single called \u2018Terrestrials\u2019, and announced new live shows supporting Djo. 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