Set and Setting (album)

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Set and Setting
Studio album by
Bardo Pond
ReleasedAugust 10, 1999
StudioLemur House, Philadelphia, PA
Genre
Length49:08
LabelMatador Records
ProducerBardo Pond, Michael Gibbons
Bardo Pond chronology
Lapsed
(1997) 		Set and Setting
(1999) 		Dilate
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Boston Phoenix
[2]
NME[3]

Set and Setting is the fourth album by the American psychedelic rock group Bardo Pond. It was released on August 10, 1999 on Matador Records. The album's title comes from the writings of Timothy Leary.[4]

Reception

The critical reception to Set and Setting was quite positive.

CMJ New Music wrote that the album "rightly positions Bardo Pond among today's space-rock luminaries, but it also sees the band on a different course from some of its drone-rock colleagues [...] Where bands like Flying Saucer Attack work a decidedly celestial groove, as Bardo Pond has evolved, its grooves have become more scuzzy, vaguely blues-inspired and covered with a sticky layer of big-city grime, creosote and resin. It's space-rock at its stoned and sludgy best."[7]

Despite a mixed score,

blotter acid; Set and Setting probably sounds something like that."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Walking Stick Man" – 11:01
  2. "This Time (So Fucked)" – 4:00
  3. "Datura" – 8:02
  4. "Again" – 6:33
  5. "Lull" – 2:16
  6. "Cross Current" – 6:36
  7. "Crawl Away" – 9:26
  8. "#3" – 1:14

Personnel

  • Isobel Sollenberger – Violin, Vocals
  • John Gibbons – Synthesizer, Guitar, Percussion, Feedback
  • Michael Gibbons – Synthesizer, Guitar, Producer
  • Clint Takeda – Bass, Snake Guitar
  • Ed Farnsworth – Drums (tracks 1, 3)
  • Joe Culver – Drums (tracks 2, 4–8)
Additional personnel
  • Dan Wittels – Harmonica (track 1)
  • Jim Salamone – Mastering

References

  1. ^ a b "Set and Setting - Bardo Pond | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  2. ^ "The Boston Phoenix October 1-7, 1999: Vol 28 Iss 40". Boston Phoenix. October 1999.
  3. ^ "Set And Setting". Nme.com. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ISBN 9780955154102
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  5. Head Heritage
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  6. ^ "Bardo Pond Set and Setting". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  7. ^ Inc, CMJ Network (October 1999). CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)


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