| Naked Apes and Pond Life | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Shriekback |
| Cover: | Naked Apes and Pond Life.jpg |
| Released: | 2000 |
| Recorded: | 1995[1] |
| Genre: | World, electronic rock |
| Label: | Mushroom Records[2] |
| Producer: | Ian Shaw, Markus Dravs |
| Prev Title: | Sacred City |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | Having a Moment |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
Naked Apes and Pond Life is the eighth full-length album by Shriekback.[2] The 2000 release was a surprise resurfacing for the band, after many years of quiet.[3] It gathered many songs performed in intimate appearances in London over the preceding years, recorded in the studio by Barry Andrews, Martyn Barker, Lu Edmonds (last seen on 1985's Oil & Gold), as well as Simon Edwards and Mark Raudva.
Many of the tracks are instrumentals, but the strong vocal-led "Berlin" and Big Night Music-esque "Everything's on Fire" are standouts.
AllMusic wrote that "much of Naked Apes & Pond Life finds Shriekback playing a sort of twisted world music that resembles the organic/electronic mix of Big Night Music, but adds a variety of exotic instruments and percussion."[1]