On Oni Pond

On Oni Pond is the fifth studio album by American band Man Man. It was released in September 2013 under Anti- Records.

On Oni Pond
Studio album by Man Man
Released	September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10)
Genre	Experimental rock
Length	45:50
Label	Anti-
Man Man chronology
Life Fantastic (2011) On Oni Pond (2013) Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between (2020)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The A.V. Club	B+^[3]
Consequence of Sound	^[4]
Pitchfork Media	6.4/10^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Oni Swan"	0:39
2.	"Pink Wonton"	3:19
3.	"End Boss"	4:12
4.	"Head On (Hold On To Your Heart)"	4:25
5.	"King Shiv"	5:06
6.	"Loot My Body"	3:25
7.	"Deep Cover"	3:03
8.	"Pyramids"	3:54
9.	"Sparks"	3:34
10.	"Paul's Grotesque"	3:50
11.	"Fangs"	5:37
12.	"Curtains"	1:03
13.	"Born Tight"	3:43

Personnel

Man Man

• Honus Honus - lead vocalist, piano/organ
• Pow Pow - drums, percussion, loops, programming

Additional Musicians

• Horn arrangements - Adam Schatz
• Horns - Brandon Lerbs, Tommy Van Den Berg, Willie Karpf and Andrew Beckstrom
• String arrangements - Nate Walcott
• Strings - Frank Seligman, Tracy Dunn, Keith Plenert and Phyllis Duncan
• Jamey "T. Moth" Robinson - assorted synth squiggles, bass bops, celeste, backing vocals- 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13
• Adam "Brown Sugar" Schatz - assorted saxophone, keyboards, backing vocals- 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13
• Mike Mogis - guitar/bass - 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13
• Susan Sanchez - vocals - 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13
• A. J. Mogis - upright bass - 3, 5, 6
• Kara Nelson - vocals - 2, 6
• Nate Walcott - trumpet solo/arrangement - 6

References

1. "Metacritic Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
2. Lymangrover, Jason. "Man Man – On Oni Pond". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
3. Mincher, Chris (September 10, 2013). "Man Man: On Oni Pond". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
4. "Man Man – On Oni Pond". Consequence of Sound. September 10, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
5. Cohen, Ian (September 10, 2013). "Man Man: On Oni Pond". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 21, 2014.