Will Capture any American Heart
This is one of my all-time favorite albums--beautiful guitar playing, imaginative song-writing filled with spiritual allusions and imagery from nature. It's simply a drop-dead gorgeous album.
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What a great album, totally new to me
American Hearts blew me away, now downloading the other 2..how did I overlook this guy?
A New Bob, Or a younger one at Least.
Love the songs and delivery. I saw a video on Andy Irons with track 10 underneath. I had to find the album. Haven't been disappointed.
NOTHING beats track 10
As I said, "NOTHING beats track 10!"
Pretty good
I like Bondy's songwriting and voice, but it would be nice to have a bit of change in tempo - it feels like every song is on the slow side and minor key. I guess that's not necessarily a bad thing, but for me a few uptempo and major key tunes would keep the songs from all bleeeding together. I like melancholy but it gets a bit suffocating. I seem to be the minority though, since almost every other reviewer loves this record. And I've read he puts on a great live show.
Powerful and Moving
Powerful, yearning, melancholic songs - reminscent of Whiskeytown-era Ryan Adams, but Bondy is more focused. There's also something more mysterious about his music (though this might be because he hasn't yet got the recognition he deserves), as if he just makes it because he has to, and it comes from some dark place. His other album, When The Devil's Loose, is brilliant, too. Shame it's not on emusic.
Goood
Buy it for some sultry, summertime sing-songs.
Amazing
This guy is good. The sparse production with Bondy's heartbroken voice make this one worth every cheap credit
My favorite LP from 07....
says it all.
I can't stop listening
I like The Low Anthem and The National and Chris Whitley and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (acoustic stuff in particular), and I find this album remeniscent of all of these and more. It's pretty stripped-down, they're just simple, great songs sung w/ conviction. The lyrics stand up and I keep find myself putting the whole album on repeat. Highly recommended.
