Bondo’s self-titled third album resurrects the glacial, improvisatory spirit of ’90s slowcore and post-rock, channeling Codeine, early Mogwai, and Tortoise through a sound that is at once knotty, menacing, and unexpectedly melodic. The LA quartet lets its guitars wander, collide, and shimmer, turning patient ensemble improvisations into music that rewards patient, intensive listening.
Category: Bondo
Bondo :: Harmonica
LA based post-rock quartet Bondo returns with their sophomore LP, Harmonica. Recorded live to tape by engineer and producer JooJoo Ashworth, Harmonica conveys an organic sensibility that only a live band can communicate. There is a tightness, a musical understanding through technique and dynamics with an added dimension of nuance – some improv, and the happy accidents that can only come from four people playing together live.
Bondo :: Print Selections
LA four-piece Bondo released their first EP 77 in late 2021. A five-song set, it’s a precise and exact document that wears its ’90s post rock influence on its sleeve: elongated phrases, careful dynamics, grayscale tones, very intentional distortion settings. Think Unwound, Spiderland, Acetone. The group return this month with the release of their first full-length, Print Selections, out via Italian label Quindi Records.
Bondo :: 77
Via Los Angeles, Bondo is a four piece riffing on a vibe something like Spiderland floating in a quarry with Fugazi’s latter era instrumental explorations. 77, their five song ep, is the first taste.