Joining the national Falls Festival line-up, stepping in and stepping up to play across Lorne, Marion Bay, Byron Bay and Fremantle this summer are psych-sonic rockers POND!

POND
Riding high of the wave of crazy excess afforded by Hobo Rocket, WA psychedelic devotees POND are back with Man It Feels Like Space Again – their 6th record in even time. The release lives up to the inherent wonder in its title, a sweeping collection of warm and warped gems.

It brings to mind the work of The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, mid-‘70s Lennon, MGMT, Todd Rundgren, Supergrass and any number of other genre-hopping sonic/space-explorers, all resplendent with Nick Allbrook’s now signature wail. We all know what they get up to in their downtime but, over the years and through the smoke, POND have truly become their own, freaky entity. Who else could cover the Fremantle Dockers theme song and still come up smelling like trippy roses? Pond. That’s who. Get on it!

 

THE FALLS MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2016/17 NATIONAL LINE-UP
CHILDISH GAMBINO (NO SIDESHOWS) · LONDON GRAMMAR (NO SIDESHOWS) · THE AVALANCHES
VIOLENT SOHO · MATT CORBY · ALISON WONDERLAND* · CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN*
FAT FREDDY’S DROP* · TA-KU · THE RUBENS* · THE JEZABELS · BALL PARK MUSIC
POND · BERNARD FANNING* · JAMIE T · BROODS · TKAY MAIDZA*
GRANDMASTER FLASH · ILLY · MØ · HOT DUB TIME MACHINE · DMA’S · ALUNAGEORGE
BOOKA SHADE · CLIENT LIAISON · VALLIS ALPS · PARQUET COURTS · CITY CALM DOWN · L D R U*
MODERN BASEBALL · TIRED LION* · REMI* · RY X · MARLON WILLIAMS* · LEMAITRE · SHURA
PLUS PLENTY MORE ACTS TO BE ANNOUNCED AT ALL SHOWS
*NOT PLAYING FREMANTLE

MARION BAY TAS: 29 Dec · 30 Dec · 31 Dec
YOU AM I · DOPE LEMON · KINGSWOOD · NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE · SPIT SYNDICATE
MOONBASE COMMANDER · MALLRAT · MADDY JANE + MORE

LORNE VIC: 28 Dec · 29 Dec · 30 Dec · 31 Dec
NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE · HOCKEY DAD · HAELOS · HEIN COOPER · OLYMPIA · JUST A GENT
KILTER · THE MIDDLE KIDS · KARI FAUX · SPIT SYNDICATE · GENERIK · BARO · KLP
WILLOW BEATS · JACK RIVER · DARREN MIDDLETOWN · BAYTEK · MOONBASE COMMANDER
MALLRAT · GRETTA RAY · BEL · GOOD BOY · SAHARA BECK · FEKI · DUMB PUNTS · I OH YOU DJs + MORE

BYRON BAY NSW: 31 Dec · 01 Jan · 02 Jan
NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE · HAELOS · HEIN COOPER · MIDDLE KIDS
SPIT SYNDICATE · DENA AMY · MALLRAT · LASTLINGS · MATTY ROGERS + MORE

FREMANTLE WA: 07 Jan · 08 Jan
KARI FAUX · MT MOUNTAIN · ELLI SCHOEN · PILERATS DJS · THE COMMUNITY · FUNGLE CLUB · RAG ‘N’ BONE · BOOGIE NIGHTS MEDIA · POLYRHYTHMIC · CAMP DOOGS plus KARI FAUX (live) · BLIND TIGER & HIS BOOGIE BOX with JIMMY MAC · MANHATTONS HOT SWING · STONEY JOE · LUKE DUX & ATOMIC LUNCHBOX · JOEL CREASEY · MC ANDY SAUNDERS · THE STEVENSON EXPERIENCE · AUNTY DONNA · MC IVAN ARISTIGUIETA THE BIG HOO-HAA · BULLSH*!# TRIVIA · THE TOR-NIGHT SHOW · LOCAL LAUGHS + MORE

TICKETS TO FALLS:
Tickets On Sale now via the festival website.
Local Tasmanian retail tickets on sale now.