Measure
Studio album by
Matt Pond PA
Released2000
GenreIndie rock
LabelEsque/Lancaster Records[1]
File 13[2]
ProducerBrian McTear
Matt Pond PA chronology
Deer Apartments
(1998)		 Measure
(2000)		 I Thought You Were Sleeping
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Measure is the second album by Matt Pond PA, released in 2000.[4][5]

Production

The album was produced by Brian McTear. Pond rewrote many of the songs during the recording sessions, eventually bringing in a drummer.[6]

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote that "the winning pop disc thrives on the honeyed tones of Pond's voice and poignant arrangements."[7] The Philadelphia Daily News likened the "folky, string-drenched arrangements" to those of Jeremy Enigk.[1] PopMatters called the album "aching, melancholic, orchestral pop that bordered on gloom and despair without crossing over into the realm of the ominous."[8] In a review of the band's next album, The Green Fury, The A.V. Club deemed Measure "magnificent."[9]

Track listing

  1. "Measure 1" – 4:12
  2. "The Sound and the Words" – 1:28
  3. "The Hollows" – 3:24
  4. "Green Grass" – 5:51
  5. "Measure 2" – 3:08
  6. "Sugar House" – 1:42
  7. "New Fall" – 4:38
  8. "Competition" – 2:34
  9. "Flying Through the Scenery" – 2:08
  10. "The Price of Spring" – 3:10
  11. "It's Over" – 1:49

Personnel

  • Josh Kramer – guitar, bass
  • Jim Hosetter – cello
  • Rosie McNamara-Jones – violin, backup vocals
  • Sean Byrne – drums, percussion
  • Matt Pond – vocals, guitar, keys
  • Julia Rivers – French horn
  • Justin DiFebbos – flute
  • Rebecca Cannon – vocals on "Sugar House"
  • Brian McTear – guitar, bass, keys, backup vocals, percussion

Technical personnel

  • Recorded and produced by Brian McTear at MinerStreet/CycleSound
  • Mastered by John Baker at Maja Audio Group

References

  1. 1 2 Sherr, Sara (17 Dec 1999). "ALTERNATIVE CHOICE". Philadelphia Daily News: 112.
  2. ↑ "Best New Music". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. February 13, 2002 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Measure - matt pond PA | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ↑ "matt pond PA | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ "Lighting Up: Life for Matt Pond and his chamber-pop ensemble just bounces ahead". Charleston City Paper. 27 February 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Pond Gets Deep". mycitypaper.com.
  7. ↑ "Matt Pond PA Measure". exclaim.ca.
  8. ↑ "Matt Pond PA: I Thought You Were Sleeping, PopMatters". 16 April 2001.
  9. ↑ "Matt Pond PA: The Green Fury". Music. 19 April 2002.



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