- Artist:
 - Bardo Pond
 
Melt Away: Vinyl 2LP
Release date: 25 October, 2024
Matador is pleased to confirm further reissues with legendary Philadelphia ensemble Bardo Pond. Following the long-since sold out repress of ‘Amanita’ in 2021, Bardo Pond will release a remastered edition of their classic 1999 LP ‘Set and Setting’ on purple vinyl, featuring the eleven-minute opener “Walking Stick Man” and the single “This Time (So Fucked).” Accompanying ‘Set and Setting’ is the new double LP compilation ‘Melt Away,’ cataloguing late-90s rarities and outtakes from a creative apex in the band’s career, released together on vinyl for the first time. Album highlight “The Trail,” originally recorded for the ‘What’s Up Matador’ compilation, dissolves six minutes into a moment. Blink once and you’ll miss it. Blink twice and the wallpaper might start to move. Timothy Leary said “never take psychedel-ics without proper set and setting.” Available on October 25th, these two additions to the mighty Bardo Pond oeuvre would not be a badplace to start.
Double LP compiling rarities from ‘96-’99 on vinyl for the first time.
Tracklisting
- Olive Skin
 - Tapir Dub
 - Son of Dispersion
 - Anadamide (Complete)
 - Shadow Puppet
 - The Division of Nature
 - The Trail
 - Long Ride
 - Despite the Roar
 - Highlands
 
- Formats:
 - Vinyl 2LP
 
- Label:
 - Matador
 
- Cat#:
 - OLE1779LP