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Matt Pond PA is a New York-based band formed in
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by singer-songwriter Matt Pond. It has released numerous LPs and numerous EPs between 1998 and 2021. Throughout the years Pond enlisted a rotating cast of collaborators for recording and touring, including cellists Jim Hostetter and Eve Miller, violinist Rosie McNamara-Jones, drummers Mike Kennedy and Dan Crowell, bassists Matt Raisch and Josh Kramer, and guitarists Jim Kehoe and Brian Pearl.
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, producer and guitarist, has been a core member of the group since 2007. Cellist Shawn Alpay, who performs individually as Completions, has recorded and toured as a member of the band. Matt Pond announced on October 30, 2017, on his website and social media accounts that he would be retiring the Matt Pond PA moniker but would continue making music with Hansen. However, Pond and Hansen continued to release music under the name Matt Pond PA until 2022, when they transitioned to The Natural Lines.


Final members

*Matt Pond – vocals, guitar *
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 – guitar, vocals


History


Early history (1998 - 2002)

Debuting in 1998 with ''
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'', the band quickly gained momentum through claiming top honors in an unsigned bands competition sponsored by
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. Their sophomore album, ''
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'', was released in 2000 and a follow-up EP ''
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'' was issued the following year. The band first release on
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, ''
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'', was released in the spring of 2002 and ''
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'' followed soon after.


''Emblems, Several Arrows Later, Last Light,'' ''The Freeep,'' and ''The Threeep'' (2004 - 2009)

Pond relocated to Brooklyn in 2003 and recorded the band’s breakthrough album, ''
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'', which was released on Altitude in 2004. In 2005 the band issued the seasonal EP, '' Winter Songs'', which gained a larger following when
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used the song "Snow Day" in a television commercial. Several months later released their 6th full-length LP entitled ''
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''. 2007 saw the launch of '' If You Want Blood'' and '' Last Light''. In 2008 the band released a free EP entitled ''
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'' which was later sold under the name ''Auri Sacra Fames'' in 2009. An EP called ''
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'' was also released in 2009.


''The Dark Leaves, The Lives Inside the Lines in Your Hand,'' and ''The State of Gold'' (2010 - 2017)

Holing up in a cabin in Upstate New York, Pond recorded ''
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'' with producer
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and several other guest musicians in 2010. In 2011, Matt Pond PA released his EP titled ''
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'', which included three songs. One of the songs, "Love to Get Used", was featured later on in the Vince Vaughn movie ''
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'' in 2013. 2013 saw the brief removal of “PA” from the band name and the release of ''
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''. The band recorded and released 2015’s ''The State of Gold'' while simultaneously playing anniversary tours for both ''Emblems'' and ''Several Arrows Later''.


''Winter Lives'', ''Still Summer'', ''Free Fall'', ''A Collection of Bees, Pt. 1,'' ''The State of Gold'' reissue, Retirement of Name (2016 - 2022)

Matt Pond launched 131 Records in the summer of 2016 from a desire to retain complete control over his musical process. He uses Patreon, a platform that allows fans to directly interact and contribute to the artist, to fund the endeavor. On November 11, 2016, Matt Pond PA released their eleventh album, ''Winter Lives''. Keeping with the seasonal theme, ''Still Summer'' followed on August 11, 2017. On October 30, 2017, Matt Pond announced via his website and social media accounts, "...It is time to say goodbye to the oddly named Matt Pond PA. We’ll soon release a reprising holiday EP. And these shows in December will be the last we play under that honorific. (Or at least for a long, long, long, long, long, long time.) Whatever happens next, I will continue to make music. We’re focusing the crux of our upcoming efforts here. Just without my name on all the baloney. It’s time for a different brand of baloney..." The band released what at the time was considered to be its final EP, "More Winter Lives", on November 21, 2017, and final show on December 16, 2017 in Kingston, New York. Until 2022, Matt Pond continued to publish music under the name Matt Pond PA. Matt Pond and Chris Hansen released the album ''Free Fall'' on October 30, 2018. Matt Pond PA released ''A Collection of Bees, Pt. 1'' on February 7, 2020. and ''Songs of Disquiet'' on August 7, 2020. After reacquiring the rights to 2015's ''The State of Gold'' from their former record label, the band released a "resequenced, remastered and partially re-recorded" version of the album on September 24, 2021. On August 31, 2022, the Matt Pond PA moniker would officially be retired, and Pond and Hansen would be releasing music under the name The Natural Lines. The announcement coincided with a new single, "The Problem is Me" and a debut EP pre-order.


Discography


Albums


EPs

*''
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'' (2001) *''
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'' (2001), vinyl only *'' Four Songs'' (2004) *'' Winter Songs'' (2005) *'' If You Want Blood'' (2007) *''
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'' (2008), download only *''
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'' (2011) *''
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'' (2013) *'' Threeep'' (2013), download only *''
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'' (2017), download only *'' More Winter Lives'' (2017), download only *'' Early B-Sides'', download only *''
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'' (2020), download only *This Is Not The State of Gold (2021), download only


Singles

*'' Lily Two/Golden Brown'' (2004) *''
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'' (2005) *'' Snow Day/Holiday Road'' (2005) *''So Much Trouble'' (2005) *'' Sunlight'' (2007) *''
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'' (2007) *''
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'' (2010), download only *'' Love To Get Used'' (2013), promo only *'' Hole in My Heart'' (2013), download only *''
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'' (2013), download only *''Drive'' with
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(2017), download only *''Specks (Redux)'' with Anya Marina (2020), download only


With Chris Hansen

*''Lebanon, PA'' (2011) *''Free Fall'' (2018)


Other songs

*"Green Shirt" (
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cover) from ''Almost You: The Songs of Elvis Costello'' (2002) *"Champagne Supernova" (
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cover) from ''
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'' (2008)


References


External links

*
131 Records

Matt Pond PA on Patreon

Matt Pond PA collection
at the
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