[2] Whilst beginning to play in a school band with his friends, Allbrook was interested in and listened to a lot of The Who and Led Zeppelin.

[2] In 2005 Allbrook's first serious band, Electric Blue Acid Dogs, formed out of his and his friends' interest in alternative music.

[2] From 2007, Mink Mussel Creek, which finally settled as Nick Allbrook on vocals, Shiny Joe Ryan on guitar, Steve Summerlin on bass, Richard Ingham on synths and Kevin Parker on drums, slowly began gaining popularity in the Perth music scene.

However, due to circumstances out of the band's control, primarily concerning a problematic producer and dysfunctional recording process, the album was never released.

[3] The album was eventually leaked on the internet under the title Kingdom Tapes,[4] and the band members went their separate ways with other musical projects.

[3][5] After supporting Parker as a live member of Tame Impala for five years (2008–2013), Allbrook departed the group to "screw his head back on" and focus on his other projects.

To date, Pond have released nine studio albums: Psychedelic Mango (2009), Corridors of Blissterday (2009), Frond (2010), Beard, Wives, Denim (2012), Hobo Rocket (2013), Man It Feels Like Space Again (2015), The Weather (2017), Tasmania (2019), 9 (2021), and Stung!

[9] He has stated that, "Allbrook/Avery’s just a lot more of a relaxed… gradual process of me and Cam writing songs and sharing them with each other and recording them with whatever people we see fit.

[7] In 2014, Allbrook released his first solo album with Spinning Top Records titled Ganough, Wallis & Fatuna.

Slow burners like closer 'The Night Before You Flew' are starkly intimate, beautiful while feeling like they may break at any moment.