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Bonny Doon in Franklin, TN
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Detroit's
Bonny Doon
make their album debut with this self-titled set of laid-back, melodic guitar pop fare that veers occasionally into lo-fi quirkiness. The quartet formed in 2014 around the songwriting efforts of guitarists
Bill Lennox
and
Bobby Colombo
who, along with bassist
Josh Brooks
and drummer
Jake Kmiecik
, issued a four-song 7" later that year on Michigan indie
Salinas Records
. Tonally, their early tracks fell in with the burgeoning lo-fi garage pop scene, though they also brought a distinctively mellow country element to the table. On their first full-length, the overall sound is cleaned up somewhat, resulting in a sunny roadworthiness complemented by
Lennox
Colombo
's affable introspections. High points like the hooky "Summertime Friends," the fired-up "Lost My Way," and the expansive slacker tone poem "Evening All Day Long" represent the best of what
the Doon
have to offer, melding thoughtful songcraft with digestible psych-dusted production. The addition of meandering, deeply scuffed instrumentals like "(You Can't Hide)," "Maine Vision," and "(Crowded)" come off a bit like unnecessary exercises marring the terrain. For the most part, though,
is a charmer, rambling contentedly down its lost highway of rickety guitar pop. ~ Timothy Monger
Bonny Doon
make their album debut with this self-titled set of laid-back, melodic guitar pop fare that veers occasionally into lo-fi quirkiness. The quartet formed in 2014 around the songwriting efforts of guitarists
Bill Lennox
and
Bobby Colombo
who, along with bassist
Josh Brooks
and drummer
Jake Kmiecik
, issued a four-song 7" later that year on Michigan indie
Salinas Records
. Tonally, their early tracks fell in with the burgeoning lo-fi garage pop scene, though they also brought a distinctively mellow country element to the table. On their first full-length, the overall sound is cleaned up somewhat, resulting in a sunny roadworthiness complemented by
Lennox
Colombo
's affable introspections. High points like the hooky "Summertime Friends," the fired-up "Lost My Way," and the expansive slacker tone poem "Evening All Day Long" represent the best of what
the Doon
have to offer, melding thoughtful songcraft with digestible psych-dusted production. The addition of meandering, deeply scuffed instrumentals like "(You Can't Hide)," "Maine Vision," and "(Crowded)" come off a bit like unnecessary exercises marring the terrain. For the most part, though,
is a charmer, rambling contentedly down its lost highway of rickety guitar pop. ~ Timothy Monger
Detroit's
Bonny Doon
make their album debut with this self-titled set of laid-back, melodic guitar pop fare that veers occasionally into lo-fi quirkiness. The quartet formed in 2014 around the songwriting efforts of guitarists
Bill Lennox
and
Bobby Colombo
who, along with bassist
Josh Brooks
and drummer
Jake Kmiecik
, issued a four-song 7" later that year on Michigan indie
Salinas Records
. Tonally, their early tracks fell in with the burgeoning lo-fi garage pop scene, though they also brought a distinctively mellow country element to the table. On their first full-length, the overall sound is cleaned up somewhat, resulting in a sunny roadworthiness complemented by
Lennox
Colombo
's affable introspections. High points like the hooky "Summertime Friends," the fired-up "Lost My Way," and the expansive slacker tone poem "Evening All Day Long" represent the best of what
the Doon
have to offer, melding thoughtful songcraft with digestible psych-dusted production. The addition of meandering, deeply scuffed instrumentals like "(You Can't Hide)," "Maine Vision," and "(Crowded)" come off a bit like unnecessary exercises marring the terrain. For the most part, though,
is a charmer, rambling contentedly down its lost highway of rickety guitar pop. ~ Timothy Monger
Bonny Doon
make their album debut with this self-titled set of laid-back, melodic guitar pop fare that veers occasionally into lo-fi quirkiness. The quartet formed in 2014 around the songwriting efforts of guitarists
Bill Lennox
and
Bobby Colombo
who, along with bassist
Josh Brooks
and drummer
Jake Kmiecik
, issued a four-song 7" later that year on Michigan indie
Salinas Records
. Tonally, their early tracks fell in with the burgeoning lo-fi garage pop scene, though they also brought a distinctively mellow country element to the table. On their first full-length, the overall sound is cleaned up somewhat, resulting in a sunny roadworthiness complemented by
Lennox
Colombo
's affable introspections. High points like the hooky "Summertime Friends," the fired-up "Lost My Way," and the expansive slacker tone poem "Evening All Day Long" represent the best of what
the Doon
have to offer, melding thoughtful songcraft with digestible psych-dusted production. The addition of meandering, deeply scuffed instrumentals like "(You Can't Hide)," "Maine Vision," and "(Crowded)" come off a bit like unnecessary exercises marring the terrain. For the most part, though,
is a charmer, rambling contentedly down its lost highway of rickety guitar pop. ~ Timothy Monger
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