Ponderosa’s new album is called “Pool Party” and I find the name a bit misleading considering the entire album is drenched in a dark moody groove –with occasional dream pop flourishes.
Nevertheless, it’s a solid piece of work and I found it was the perfect soundtrack to a lazy Sunday when it was too hot to go outside and I was content doing nothing but laying on my couch. The 10 songs created this lovely musical cocoon I stayed in for two full listens of the album, which came out last month on New West Records.
Here’s the video for the track “Black Hill Smoke”
Ponderosa is a quintet from Atlanta and, based on their debut, I’ve always placed them in the “Southern rock” category but this new album is much more interesting, sonically speaking. Check it out!
RR