#matt pa pond

[zamyamf1028]

Someday you will find me

Beneath the landslide

In a champagne supernova in the sky

[lostdeviantartcollages]

new tape

[garglyswoof]

It is a universal truth that when I find an artist that's new to me, they have a tiny desk concert with millions of views.

[punkrockmixtapes]

Listen/purchase: Halloween Two by matt pond PA

The head is haunted, but it belongs to me An amplified apology A skeleton in a window frame, giving candy away Sometimes I feel the same

[johnnymartyr]

One Night with Anya Marina, Matt Pond PA & Bathtub Cig

Words & Photography by Johnny Martyr The Ballad of the Natural Lines is the latest record by indie rock veterans Matt Pond PA. The band toured the Mid Atlantic this winter with Bathtub Cig and Anya Marina, who both contributed to the new album and recently released their own new albums too. Before doors opened at Hamilton Live in Washington DC, I took a walk with Matt Pond PA and Bathtub Cig to…

[trans-axolotl]

Action Alert: Fight Toxic Prisons in Pennsylvania

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Governor Josh Shapiro just announced that they’re going to close two state prisons this year, and it’s crucial that they immediately prioritize closing SCI Fayette. SCI Fayette is a prison near Pittsburgh that is causing incredibly dangerous health risks to incarcerated people inside--including dozens of incarcerated people dying of cancer.

“Surrounded by ‘about 40 million tons of waste, two coal slurry ponds, and millions of cubic yards of coal combustion waste,’ State Correctional Institution (SCI) Fayette is inescapably situated in the midst of a massive toxic waste dump. The prison was built on part of a Coal Refuse Deposit Area owned by Matt Canestrale Contracting (MCC), which currently operates a coal ash dump bordering the prison. Before Matt Canestrale Contracting took it over, the land was a dumping ground for coal waste from one of the world’s largest coal processing plants.

Prisoners reported a number of overlapping symptoms and diseases, including chronic sore throats, extreme throat swelling, shortness of breath, headaches, dizziness, vision problems, stomach pain, and sores, cysts, and tumors in their mouths, noses, and throats, as well as on their skin. Many prisoners reported being diagnosed with thyroid disorders or cancer after arriving at SCI Fayette. Residents of the nearby town of LaBelle, PA also reported high rates of breathing problems and cancer, and have been calling for the coal ash dump to be shut down.” -Abolitionist Law Center

Call and text the Governor's office to demand that they immediately shut down SCI Fayette! Check out the Human Rights Coalition for more info on the fight toxic prisons campaign.

[folkinsomnia]

belovéd @clancyycat tagged me to choose a song for each letter in my name‼️

A: angelina by pinegrove

N: north dakota by hodera

N: name by the goo goo dolls

I: intergalactic by beastie boys

E: emotional anorexic by svatar knùtur

and legal name bonus round where I cheat so I can choose more songs!

A: all cleaned out by elliott smith

N: nag champa by enemies

D: DON'T TELL THE BOYS by petey usa

R: remains by matt pond pa

E: everything's magic by angels & airwaves

A: anatomy of your enemy by anti-flag

I tag everybody who wants to support my cheating conniving ways. And @babooshka-yah-yah @ashestoashesjc @walcutt @justanapparatus @touchmycoat @mezzanineangel go forth and prosper

[transinity]

Tunes from Rook's day job, curated by Rook. Cover photo by Richard Stachmann, edited by Rook.

Listen on Spotify

Sea Wolf / Florence + The Machine / Gregory Alan Isakov / Lord Huron / Horse Feathers / Western Skies Motel / The Bridge City Sinners / Other Lives / Julian Schoming / Alan Gogoll / Kevin Reilly / Matt Pond PA / Jeremy Soule / Iron & Wine / The Helio Sequence / Chris and Thomas / The Blasting Company / Tow'rs / Holy Locust

[batgirlsay]

Bodyguard Tempting Fate

Obiyuki Trope Madness 2024 Playlist for Bodyguard Crush

Another early Obi playlist using the most broadly themed trope, so I could include some songs I’ve been wanting to use for a while! Most songs have some common themes from previous playlists (arrows, snow, green vs. gold) but I had a difficult time naming this playlist before noticing the lyric “troublemaker tempting fate” from the Nada Surf song.

Bodyguard Tempting Fate

An Arrow in the Wall- Death Cab for Cutie Acrid- The Beths Troublemaker- Nada Surf Bite The Hand- boygenius Whose Authority- Nada Surf The State of Gold, Pt. 1- Matt Pond PA Bring You Down- The Dear Hunter Green Eyes, Red Face- Lucy Dacus Copper Mine- Matt Pond PA

Summary lyrics are cited after the cut:

An Arrow in the Wall- Death Cab for Cutie

My heart runs on gasoline vapors The thousand drums waking up the neighbors But I can feel the fissures in the freeways The rusted steel, deception in the handshakes

An arrow in the wall Take it as a warning That you are gonna fall Even if you're soaring

There's more than one way to get your freedom

Acrid- The Beths

Acrid, the smell of burning rubber is a daily feature When I throw myself into reverse Check out of my surroundings Backing up so blindly, my back to the universe

Like a ship out of commission Like an arrow always missing

I'm trying to lie like a pro And I know it looks easy from the outside But it's hard to hold your brow just so

Like a record slowly twisting Like an arrow always missing I'm always whistling by But it's you I want to run into Tragic, the messages I send my mind post-midnight Are showing seen but no reply So I mash the keys a million times for a million years And maybe by chance I'll say it right Closing in on your middle distance Filling quivers with ammunition But I'm always missing you

I want to run into you Like a light burning bright in your hard heart I won't make a sound when I go dark Can you see me through

Troublemaker- Nada Surf

Why do I feel bad again? I shouldn't be sad or miss a grin Doubt creeps in and doubt creeps out Skews the view from my cloud

Troublemaker tempting fate Questioning the path I take Showing me the twists and turns The forks and points of no return

Every day I choose to spend the rest of my life with her And every day I break the molds of lives and worlds I already miss the things that I will never know I will never know the things that I've already missed

Bite The Hand- boygenius

I can't hear you, you're too far away I can't see you, the light is in my face I can't touch you, I wouldn't if I could

Here's the best part distilled for you But you want what I can't give to you Your hands are gravity while my hands are tied I can't love you how you want me to

Whose Authority- Nada Surf

I walk like you guide me, my eyes Are shut like I'm blind Turn to you and listening and tryin' To be in your mind

Surprised in translation World without end

How do you stay where You most want to be? Where'd you get the patience Did it come easily?

On whose authority I have none over me 

The State of Gold, Pt. 1- Matt Pond PA

I might have a drink to be myself I hope nobody notices tonight what it takes to be real To truly keep this lamppost standing

I don’t care if anyone carries me I don’t care if anyone drops me Cause I know how to be alone At least I’ve learned how to be alone

We might have to fight to get out That’s the way I picture almost every night below stars Below the crown of heaven

All I care about is your sentences And all the secrets you left down in them There’s so much we’ll never know All the vastness in the word hello

There's more than one way to live There's more than one way to love There's more than one way to give I won't stop climbing to the state of gold

In the ether above our reach is the state of gold worth believing in

Bring You Down- The Dear Hunter

You took me by surprise A stranger through my eager eyes

I tried so hard to hide The cynic in me far from sight But moments still arise when My flaws get the best of me

So don't let me bring you down No, don't let me bring you down

Green Eyes, Red Face- Lucy Dacus

Slow dancing At low tide Drawn to move By the moon

And I see the seat next to yours is unoccupied And I was wondering if you'd let me come and sit by your side And I got plenty of affection I'll be glad to show you some time

What am I supposed to do With you in the room? What am I supposed to say With your green eyes on my red face?

Copper Mine- Matt Pond PA

When it snows from above the towers The ground stays still - it can't get away Clothe the roofs hour after hour

With this ease ignore the obvious Heard the cold lost all its power If we go let's go away

[wonderlandleighleigh]

tagged by @strangenewgirls <3 shuffle your on repeat playlist and list the first 10 songs

New Hampshire - Matt Pond PA

Sugar Assault Me Now - Pop Levi

The Luckiest - Ben Folds

Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel

Dazz - Dazz Disco Mix - Brick

Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

A Violent Yet Flammable World - Au Revoir Simone

Comin' Home Baby - Mel Torme

I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You - Aaron Tveit

Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift

@mbqnoyolo @kayliemalinza @theycallme-thejackal @metricula @theresawritesstuff @iconuk01 @phoenix @velvetjezebel @bekindreblog and anyone else!

[manuti]

Listen/purchase: The Ballad of the Natural Lines by matt pond PA

[johnnymartyr]

Catching Up with Johnny, Part Two: Concerts and Comedians

by Johnny Martyr I spend most of my winter months lining up work more than actually working, so the meantime, I wanted to keep sharing what’s going on between the photos as it were. In Catching Up with Johnny, Part One: New Wedding Clients, I shared some recent wedding consultation stories. Thanks for everyone’s comments on those! What I want to talk about today are some cool/important (to me)…

[cptsvensen]

you're in so much trouble you can't hide in your covers it's forgetting that would beat it all easier when they don't ever call