“I grew up on my grandfather's farm in the Muddy Creek basin of North Carolina. My grandfather was Hubert James Slater and was the most important man in my life. As an interesting coincidence we share the same birthday, June 8th.
Living on the farm was extremely hard work but at the same time an amazing place to grow up, there were animals of all types and acres and acres of space where two young brothers could very easily find trouble to get into. My favorite place on the farm was the pond. During the summers my brother and I would spend hours and hours down at the pond around a campfire, looking at the stars and drinking beer all night long. [...] ”

In Paul’s words, these are the feelings and memories that inspired Pondfire, an album of calm, romantic and beautiful relaxed sounds, where long drones are permeated by hunting melodies. Previously released on his personal bandcamp on 2014, it gets now the well deserved vinyl treatment.