Matt Pond PA ft Anya Marina

VLSF & KCRW presents Matt Pond PA with special guest Anya Marina

*An East Coast indie rock institution, Matt Pond PA has served as the creative outlet for its namesake singer/songwriter since the late '90s, releasing over a dozen albums and cycling through at least twice as many contributing members. Pond launched his group in Philadelphia, releasing a series of scrappy chamber pop albums before moving to Brooklyn in the mid-2000s and rebooting the lineup. Their sound continued to develop throughout the decade, merging jangly indie rock with folk-rock and orchestral touches on highlights like 2004's Emblems and 2007's Last Night, which placed on two different charts. During the recording of 2010's The Dark Leaves, producer/guitarist Chris Hansen joined the group and has remained Pond's primary collaborator ever since. A brief solo stint yielded 2013's The Lives Inside the Lines in Your Hand, Pond's only record billed under his own name, after which the "PA" was re-added for 2015's standout The State of Gold. Following a 2023 release as the Natural Lines, Matt Pond PA was again revived for the 2024 EP Call and Response, a collaboration with Alexa Rose*.