On Oni Pond by Man Man

On Oni Pond

Man Man

2013

On Oni Pond is a Rock album by Man Man, originally released in 2013. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Art Rock
  • layered
  • whimsical
  • theatrical

About

It may have been hard to decipher amid all the yelping and yearning of its last four LPs, but Man Man has been through a lot of lineup changes over the past 10 years. Which says a lot about why the band's tightest record yet also happens to be the only one that revolves around the band's longtime linchpins: drummer Christopher "Pow Pow" Powell and singer/keyboard-slammer Ryan "Honus Honus" Kattner. Here they play off each other's strengths—strangled Beefheart-isms, sucker-punched percussion, hooks that are weird and wooly yet ultimately quite wonderful—while keeping Kattner's track-attacking tantrums to a minimum. The pair emerges with a remarkably varied set of songs that distill its influences down to a decidedly strange brew. So while the shake, rattle, and wail of "Pink Wonton" is the Man Man "sound" personified, it's an outlier in a record that makes a point of stretching out stylistically, whether it's through rimshot dub rhythms ("King Shiv"), a straightfaced guitar solo ("Pyramids"), or a reverb-padded ukulele ("Deep Cover"). Here's hoping Powell and Kattner can keep the good ship Man Man stable from this point on.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Oni Swan0:39
  2. 2Pink Wonton3:19
  3. 3End Boss4:12
  4. 4Head on (Hold on to Your Heart)4:25
  5. 5King Shiv5:06
  6. 6Loot My Body3:25
  7. 7Deep Cover3:03
  8. 8Pyramids3:54
  9. 9Sparks3:34
  10. 10Paul's Grotesque3:50
  11. 11Fangs5:37
  12. 12Curtains1:03
  13. 13Born Tight3:43

Credits

Performers

3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 6 pressings tracked on Gatefold