• Eleven Pond – Tear & Cinnamon
    • Eleven Pond – Watching Trees
    • Eleven Pond – Days Hence
    • Eleven Pond – Tightrope
    • Eleven Pond – Asterisk
    • Eleven Pond – Portugal
    • Eleven Pond – Moving Nowhere
    • Eleven Pond – Changing Face
    • Eleven Pond – Temporeal
    • Eleven Pond – Ignorant Father
    • Eleven Pond – Ask / Jealousy
    • 1. Tear & Cinnamon
    • 2. Watching Trees
    • 3. Days Hence
    • 4. Tightrope
    • 5. Asterisk
    • 6. Portugal
    • 7. Moving Nowhere
    • 8. Changing Face
    • 9. Temporeal
    • 10. Ignorant Father
    • 11. Ask / Jealousy

    Dark Entries celebrates its 15th anniversary by returning to where it all started, our initial darkest entry: Eleven Pond’s masterpiece Bas Relief, an ultra-obscure album from 1986 that would become a definitive dark pop holy grail. Eleven Pond was James Tabbi (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jeff Gallea (drum machine, synthesizer, vocals), Jack Schaeffer (guitar) and Dan Brumley (synthesizer, samples, vocoder, melodica). They met in Rochester, NY, while attending art school, brought together by their shared love of 4AD and Factory Records. Taking cues from acts like Joy Division, Fad Gadget, and For Against, Eleven Pond’s infectious basslines, churning guitar riffs, and atmospheric synths will charm all fans of moody music. But what really makes Bas Relief shine is the timeless songwriting on classics like “Tear and Cinnamon”, “Portugal”, and the anthemic “Watching Trees.”

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