Watch: “More No More” lyric video via Paste Magazine or YouTube
Matt Pond PA’s new album The State Of Gold will be released June 30 on the newly relaunched Doghouse Records, the label known for introducing such artists as The Get Up Kids, Hot Water Music and Say Anything. Last week Paste Magazine premiered a lyric video from the album’s lead track “More No More” which features Laura Burhenn of The Mynabirds and Matt Iwanusa of Caveman in the recording. The video is also available to post and share via YouTube. The State Of Gold is available for pre-order now via iTunes. Fans that pre-order the album through iTunes will receive an instant download of the album’s lead track “More No More.”
It’s hard to pin down all the different sides and stories that make up Matt Pond PA, but that’s part of their charm. They’re one of indie rock’s most unique and prolific bands, with nine full-length albums, ten EPs and innumerable tours as well as features on The O.C. and in a long-running Starbucks holiday commercial. And thanks to a successful Pledge campaign, they couldn’t be more excited to do it all again with their new album, The State Of Gold.
Matt Pond says, “One day in January of 2014, during our final session in the Bearsville cabin where we’ve written and recorded scores of songs over the years, the afternoon sunlight suddenly blew my mind. It shot between the trees, off the snowy ground of the pine forest, through the icicles of the overhanging eaves and down across the floor to my feet.
Pond continues, “I’d spent the previous year with a Stonehenge-sized writer’s block that followed me to all the corners of the country – along the winding aimlessness of tours and the failed attempts to stake claims in St. Augustine, Florida and Oakland, California. Day and night, I maintained shaky staring contests with a blank notebook while sarcastic palm fronds floated outside. Then January came and I woke up in the woods. The outline of a window frame, burning with bright yellow light, slowly edged across the cabin floor. I was in love and I was where I wanted be. I wrote “More No More” as if I were plagiarizing off the flecked and worn wood floor. The rest of the songs started flooding in throughout the spring. “Take Me With You”, “Emptiness” and “Four Eyes” were answers to questions I didn’t know how to ask. Through the summer and fall, the deluge continued until its ultimate end and answer, The State of Gold.”
Matt Pond PA is currently on a 10 Year Anniversary tour in support of one of their most beloved albums, Several Arrows Later. The tour will make stops in major markets including Austin, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and more. play the album in its entirety for the first time. A limited edition, Opaque Orange version of Several Arrows Later, will be exclusively offered on this special tour. Each night, not only will Matt Pond and crew play the beloved album in full, but also a sampling of songs from their upcoming album The State of Gold.
In the ten years since Several Arrows Later, Matt Pond has released three albums and six EPs, toured the country more times than he can count, broken bones and chopped down more trees than you can shake the sticks from said trees at. It is no wonder that this 10 year anniversary calls for a celebratory tour.
All shows will be supported by Young Buffalo.
Matt Pond PA Tour Dates
04.14 – Tampa, FL @ Local 662
04.15 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder
04.17 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
04.18 – San Antonio, TX @ Korova
04.19 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Jr.
04.21 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
04.22 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
04.23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
04.24 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
04.26 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
04.30 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
05.01 – Vancouver, BC @ Venue
05.02 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
05.04 – Provo, UT @ Velour
05.05 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
05.07 – Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
05.08 – St. Louis, MO @ The Duck Room @ Blueberry Hill
05.09 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
05.11 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
05.12 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
05.13 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Café
05.14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
05.15 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
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