Corridors of Blissterday

Corridors of Blissterday
Studio album by Pond
Released	4 June 2009
Recorded	2009
Studio	Blackbird Sound Studios (Perth)
Genre	Psychedelic rock neo-psychedelia
Length	42:59 54:54 (Apple Music edition)
Label	Badminton Bandit
Producer	Sam Ford
Pond chronology
Psychedelic Mango (2009) Corridors of Blissterday (2009) Frond (2010)

Corridors of Blissterday is the second studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band Pond, released in Australia on 4 June 2009, through local Perth label, Badminton Bandit. The album was recorded as an eight-piece band in four days, ^[1] and only 200 CD-Rs were produced and released. ^[2] The album was released digitally on Apple Music with two live tracks. ^[3]

In 2022, Western Australian Music and the State Library of Western Australia presented the "Corridors of Blissterday initiative", a competition open to Western Australian sound practitioners to "develop a contemporary work referencing and incorporating the State Library of Western Australia Heritage Collections." The competition was won by Sze "Samarobryn" Tsang. ^[4]

Mastered versions of "Sweet Loretta" and "Mist in My Brainforest" will be included on The Early Years: 2008–2010, releasing on 12 April 2025. ^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pond.

Corridors of Blissterday

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Corridors of Blissterday"	7:43
2.	"Caterpillar Mansion"	7:06
3.	"Sweet Loretta"	8:04
4.	"Mist in My Brainforest"	7:27
5.	"Lightning Hip"	4:49
6.	"Ascending"	7:50
Total length:		42:59

Apple Music bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
7.	"Mist in My Brainforest (Live at Badminton Bandit Funraiser Party, Carlisle, 2009)"	5:29
8.	"Corridors of Blissterday (Live at Psychedelic Mango Launch Party, Norfolk Basement, 2009)"	6:26
Total length:		54:54

References

1. Encalada, Javier (16 December 2016). "Psychedelic rock in a pond at Falls". The Daily Telegraph .
2. "Catalog". Badminton Bandit. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
3. "Corridors of Blissterday - Album by Pond". Apple Music . Archived from the original on 7 November 2019.
4. "Corridors of Blissterday - Winning Project Announced". State Library of Western Australia . 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 November 2024.
5. "Pond - The Early Years: 2008 - 2010". Record Store Day .