Manchester five-piece Pondarosa have distilled the jangling sensibilities of indie, the swaggering stomp of Britpop and the loud-and-proud attitude of shoegaze to create a fusion of the sounds that matter most to them. With an anthemic mix of escapism and nostalgia glistening throughout their repertoire, Pondarosa are perfectly placed in the city that buzzes with the weight of the past and the expectation of the future.