{"id":45577,"date":"2026-06-04T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45577"},"modified":"2026-05-11T20:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:33:25","slug":"bondo-announces-self-titled-lp-on-solid-brass-shares-new-track-strummer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45577","title":{"rendered":"Bondo announces self-titled LP on Solid Brass + shares new track \u2018Strummer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Los Angeles post-rock\/slowcore outfit Bondo has announced their self-titled third studio album<\/strong>, \u2019Bondo,\u2019 due out July 31, 2026 via <strong>Solid Brass Records<\/strong> \u2014 and they&#8217;ve shared the first taste with new track <em>Strummer<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q3QvL97UbtY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stream <em>Strummer<\/em> now on <a href=\"https:\/\/bondo.bandcamp.com\/track\/strummer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Force, Restraint &amp; World-Building<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Bondo has always operated in their own lane. The LA four-piece has spent years honing a brand of post-rock\/slowcore that&#8217;s less about grandstanding and more about atmosphere \u2014 a proprietary instrumental language built on live dynamics and dream logic. Their music doesn&#8217;t clamor for attention. It pulls you in quietly and keeps you there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start Track Music Blog put it well: <em>&#8220;Bondo&#8217;s whole sound-world is foggy and deliberately obfuscatory. Music like this could easily disappear into the background \u2014 it&#8217;s not clamouring for attention. But put the headphones in, close the door, close your eyes, and listen. It&#8217;s worth taking a little time to let it all sink in.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aquarium Drunkard compared them to <em>&#8220;a four-piece riffing on a vibe something like Spiderland floating in a quarry with Fugazi&#8217;s latter-era instrumental explorations.&#8221;<\/em> Which, honestly, is a perfect sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Album<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Recorded live in the studio \u2014 as is their way \u2014 the self-titled LP finds Bondo moving through 11 tracks with the kind of sincerity that only comes from really knowing your songs. There&#8217;s range here: some tracks lean into verse-chorus structures that&#8217;ll catch you off guard with how hooky they are, while others do the slow burn thing Bondo does best, building quietly until they dissolve into open space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some days &#8216;Bondo&#8217; feels like it&#8217;s always been there, warm and nostalgic in the background. Other days you&#8217;ll catch a note or a texture you swear wasn&#8217;t there before. That&#8217;s the kind of record it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About <em>Strummer<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;In Los Angeles, the freeway opens up to the coast. Cars going highway speed next to the water, the road meets the ocean on the horizon. Bondo plays that to a tune in &#8216;Strummer.&#8217; The guitar leads like a siren through the feedback and heavy rhythm section, making a dissonant earworm.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0841.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0841.jpeg?resize=481%2C481&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0841.jpeg?w=481&amp;ssl=1 481w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0841.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0841.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Bondo&#8217; track list<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Side A<\/strong><br>A1: On The Cross<br>A2: Listen Back<br>A3: <em>Strummer<\/em><br>A4: Brian Screams<br>A5: Running Back<br>A6: Spin Cycle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Side B<\/strong><br>B1: While My Guitar Gently Peaks<br>B2: Bondo<br>B3: Zuma<br>B4: Robby&#8217;s Song<br>B5: Meta World Peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Bondo&#8217; releases <strong>July 31, 2026<\/strong> on digital and classic black vinyl via <strong>Solid Brass Records<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/solidbrassrecords.com\/products\/bondo-bondo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pre-order it here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Los Angeles post-rock\/slowcore outfit Bondo has announced their self-titled third studio album, \u2019Bondo,\u2019 due out July 31, 2026 via Solid Brass Records \u2014 and they&#8217;ve <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45577\" title=\"Bondo announces self-titled LP on Solid Brass + shares new track \u2018Strummer\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,28,30,1907],"tags":[14225,14221,14227,1694,826,7426,10268,14222,14226],"class_list":["post-45577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-2026-releases-2","tag-bondo","tag-instrumental-rock","tag-los-angeles","tag-new-album","tag-post-rock","tag-slowcore","tag-solid-brass-records","tag-strummer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0842.jpeg?fit=900%2C679&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-bR7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44569,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=44569","url_meta":{"origin":45577,"position":0},"title":"Royal Chaos: The Hives drop a wild new video for \u2018Roll Out the Red Carpet\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"If there\u2019s a red carpet anywhere in the rock world right now,\u00a0The Hives\u00a0are kicking the doors open and strutting straight down the middle of it. 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