Twelve years ago, Bondy expressed his sorrow in sparse, strummed and finger-picked acoustic guitar. Today, he uses a mesh of electronics, alternately celestial and hellish in tone and tempo: beautiful, sad-bastard music sourced from lonely sojourns down the information superhighway.
With Enderness Bondy brings us squarely into the present, where our homes are on fire and all we can do is tweet.
Skip to content Search query All Results. Bondy made his solo debut with 's American Hearts , a spare and moody set that revealed strong blues and country accents as Bondy sang evocative but downbeat numbers about life's other side. Bondy followed a similar creative path on 's When the Devil's Loose and 's Believers , but after an eight-year recording layoff, 's Enderness revealed a new side of his talents, embracing electronics and more timely themes without turning away from from the difficult circumstances of his characters.
He began his music career in the early '90s when he was in high school. Bondy , then using the name Scott Bondy , began making music with some of his friends from school, and they formed a band called Volume. Bondy sang and played guitar in Volume , with Daniel Johnston on bass and Les Nuby on drums; the trio grew into a quartet with the addition of Anne Marie Griffin on guitar and vocals, and they adopted the new name Shallow.
Capitol signed the group, Grohl agreed to produce their major-label debut, and the Rolling Stones -inspired bluesy rock of Souls for Sale gave way to a tougher, grunge-adjacent sound not dissimilar to Nirvana on 's Into the Pink. The single "Baby Got Shot" proved to be a minor hit, but the group went through numerous personnel changes before they cut 's La Musica Negra as a trio, with Bondy and Nuby joined by bassist Nick Daviston Anne Marie Griffin did contribute guest vocals.
By the end of , Verbena had called it quits. There he focused on his songwriting, moving away from rock and exploring blues and folk sounds as well as a more literate and personal lyrics.
In time, he began recording his new songs in a barn on his property, and changing his stage name from Scott Bondy to A. Bondy , he released an album, American Hearts , in September Originally issued by Superphonic Records, the album's strong reception in the music media led to Bondy signing with the respected indie label Fat Possum Records, which reissued American Hearts in While American Hearts was primarily recorded without additional accompaniment, Bondy opted for richer arrangements for 's When the Devil's Loose , which was recorded during sessions in New Paltz, New York and Water Valley, Mississippi.
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