Matt Pond PA‘s The State Of Gold is of a piece with the singer/songwriter’s previous work in its tension between plaintive longing and earnest a ffirmations. Paradoxically, it’s a confident album about having doubts; it looks outward as well as inward. Pond will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on him.
Pond: I’ve decided to settle down in Kingston, N.Y. I don’t know if settling down includes drinking bourbon and listening to the drone of my guitar feedback until four in the morning. But this is where I live. The police have only shown up for one noise complaint. I believe that’s considered a passing grade in neighborliness. Beyond that, I’ve started cultivating friendships with my fellow villagers. The writers, the cobblers, the computer programmers. We’ve all gambled and won on this place. I guess it really boils down to the shape of the Catskills on the horizon. It’s a shape I want to see every day. It’s a shape I love.
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