A.A. Bondy—Believers
There's something nice about Upstate, New York songwriter A.A. Bondy calling his new album Believers, given the degree to which it remains committed to a darkly southern, guitar-driven brand of rock music that's fallen so far out of favor in recent years. Though it's more of a full-band effort than any of his previous outings, Believers is in its own way just as subtle—the songs unfold slowly and are still built around Bondy's sweet, soulful voice, which somehow always seems to be hitting high and low notes at the same time. This one hasn't gotten a lot of attention, a fact that should mean precisely nothing to you.