Cargo Records

Peri

In early 2008, Bardo Pond and Three Lobed Recordings teamed up to assemble "Batholith," a collection of tracks that were close to the band's heart but for various reasons had never been released. The result was an extremely cohesive and vital statement that was positively received by both old and new Bardo Pond fans. During the compilation of "Batholith" the band had to agonize over the wealth of material that they were sitting on in constructing the ultimate tracklisting - there were too many good songs! The band approached this "problem" by structuring two sister albums, "Batholith" and "Peri," each possessing their own musical themes and each fully capable of standing independent from the other.

For this reason, "Peri" is every bit as potent as its predecessor. The meticulous sequencing of "Peri's" five tracks provides a classic Bardo Pond experience. While the initial description of the material might lead one to think that these tracks are "outtakes" or cutting-room floor type material, neither conclusion could be further from the truth. the band is quite excited to finally see all of the material on "Peri" venture into the public. For example, "Chicken Gun" will be recognizable to the band's longtime fans.

"Peri" is pressed on 180g RTI vinyl and is housed within heavy "old-style" one-pocket Stoughton gatefold jackets bearing new collage work from Michael Gibbons. The record is from a one-time pressing of 1640 copies and, as an added convenience for our vinyl-loving friends, will come packaged with a glass-mastered CD (not CD-R) of the material present on the wax.