Man Man

On Oni Pond, the new album from Philadelphia legends Man Man, features an arresting reconstruction of the band’s visionary sound – stripped to its core and rebuilt as something new and compelling yet still very much Man Man. An intensive collaboration between the band's frontman, Honus Honus, and drummer Pow Pow, who has assumed a new-found prominence in the songwriting process, On Oni Pond brings an exhilarating array of new rhythmic ideas to the mix. The compositions were further honed by the band members along with producer Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, First Aid Kit) into a compelling mash-up of Fear Of Music era Talking Heads, classic soul, psychedelia, hip hop, and 50’s rock and roll. With its imaginative yet spare rhythms, huge hooks, and overriding sense of urgency, On Oni Pond melds these seemingly disparate influences into an unexpectedly lush, melodic album, exquisitely consolidated by the band's unique and affecting vision.

"...Honus asks the listener to hold on to their heart in any number of emotionally difficult situations, to "hold it high above flood waters," "never let nobody drag it under," not "even when the whole world's bitter." It resonates largely because Man Man themselves have taken their licks and endured, evolving from their excitable and divisive Beefheart/Zappa-influenced early work into rich and resonant piano pop that values populism over provocation." - Pitchfork track pemeire for Head On

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RIYL: Mister Heavenly, Islands, tUnE-yArDs, Flaming Lips, Animal Collective
DIRTY: #2, 7, 9
TRY: #4, 5, 3, 8

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http://manmanbandband.com
https://www.facebook.com/wearemanman
https://twitter.com/manmanbandband
http://www.anti.com/artists/man-man/
http://www.last.fm/music/Man+Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI1PWcTe0W4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Man