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Album Review: Man Man - On Oni Pond

Tara Lloyd

While Man Man have certainly chosen a more streamlined approach for this release, they haven’t completely tamed the crazy.

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The psychedelic Philadelphia rockers' fifth album manages to bring a little order to the chaos that Man Man are famous for. Pink Wonton sounds like a '60s beach party on acid, with lines like “It's the way that your kiss condemns me/ Makes me feel like I'm in Guantanemo” and references from being waterboarded to Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe. It successfully sets the tone for a bizarre, wild ride of an album. While Man Man have certainly chosen a more streamlined approach for this release, they haven't completely tamed the crazy.