Pond

They welcomed Tame Impala frontman and part-time POND member Kevin Parker to play glockenspiel alongside members of Doctopus, and of course, Green Man, capping off the show with an electrifying version of Midnight Mass.

We managed a quick chat with POND before they boarded a plane last week.. Last week we managed to get a bit of time with Shiny Joe Ryan from POND before he jumped on a plane to go to the ARIAs. A far cry from POND's humble beginnings around the various backyard sheds of Fremantle. Unfortunately we didn't get a hell of a lot of time with him, but we learnt about their plans for next year, which sound rather exciting. You can catch POND at one of the following dates, and at Southbound/Falls Festival next year.

Triumph turns to tragedy

Their only headline dates for this record

"You’d love Cowboy John. He’s just this dude, this awesome dude who rocks up at the studio every now and then. He’s the most eccentric man I’ve ever met. He just writes songs and smokes ciggies and drinks cordial with heaps of ants in it cause he says it’s good for your strength or something."

It’s true the lads are mindful that their sound has been made before, but the reverence with which it is all delivered this time around makes it for a more enjoyable and thorough listen.

"I think we had some idea of exploring the more aggressive psychedelic intensity – strobe lights, metal, tinfoil, black and white kind of neon pixel explosion type thing."

Xanman gives fans a little more of what to expect come August

There's just no slowing these West Australian dudes down, is there?