{"id":2365288,"date":"2026-04-09T09:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2365288"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:33:38","slug":"pond-announce-new-album-terrestrials-share-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pond-announce-new-album-terrestrials-share-new-single\/","title":{"rendered":"Pond Announce New Album &#8216;Terrestrials&#8217;, Share New Single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Pond have a new album on the way.<\/p>\n<p>Announced today, Pond will release <em>Terrestrials<\/em> on June 19th, out on their own imprint Mangovision via Secretly Distribution.<\/p>\n<p>The album features new single \u201cTwo Hands\u201d, out today, which is about when mining company Rio Tinto blew up Juukun Gorge in the band\u2019s home state of Western Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey destroyed sacred rock shelters that were of the highest archaeological, cultural and spiritual significance,\u201d frontman Nicholas Allbrook explains. \u201cThe rock shelters contained a cultural sequence spanning 46,000 years that had been taken care of by the local Indigenous communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was wondering how the commentators around this country would\u2019ve reacted if the shoe was on the other foot and someone had demolished the Vatican or Notre Dame or St. Paul\u2019s because it was in the way of their corporate expansion. Anyway, it\u2019s a little word of encouragement that you\u2019ve got every right to be very fucking angry about this injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the accompanying music video below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pond - Two Hands (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oTf47abqECc?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<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe video was made by us and Sam Kristofski (with heaps of help from Tess Thompson, Kate Green and Christian Dillon),\u201d Allbrook says. \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n<h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alongside \u201cTwo Hands\u201d, Terrestrials also features the recently released title track, which received support from <em>NME<\/em>, <em>Stereogum<\/em>, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanying today\u2019s album news is the announcement of a run of headline shows across the US between July and September. Pond will also appear locally at Against the Grain Festival in Brisbane this June, with more Australian shows to be announced.<\/p>\n<p><em>Terrestrials<\/em> is the follow-up to Pond\u2019s 2024 album <em>Stung!<\/em>, which earned a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/pond-in-fine-sprawling-form-on-double-album-stung-61940\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">positive review<\/a> from <em>Rolling Stone AU\/NZ<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAlways adventurous and unafraid to tackle different genres, it\u2019s surprising that it has taken until album 10 for WA\u2019s Pond to release a double album,\u201d we wrote in the 4\/5 review.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSounding like an obscure psych-pop gem from another era, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stung!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is Pond in fine, sprawling form.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Pond\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pond.lnk.to\/TwoHands\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTwo Hands\u201d<\/a> is out now. Terrestrials is out June 19th (pre-save\/pre-order <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pond.lnk.to\/TerrestrialsAlbum\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','243859349395737');fbq('track','PageView');fbq.disablePushState=true;<\/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 au.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pond have a new album on the way. Announced today, Pond will release Terrestrials on June 19th, out on their own imprint Mangovision via Secretly Distribution. The album features new single \u201cTwo Hands\u201d, out today, which is about when mining company Rio Tinto blew up Juukun Gorge in the band\u2019s home state of Western Australia. 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