AA Bondy
Folk / Rock / Indie
Manhattan, NY
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About
You may remember AA Bondy as Scott Bondy of the Birmingham, AL, rock trio
Verbena. Bondy was the lead singer in the band and exorcised many a demon
over three aggressive and gritty punk-influenced records, the first on Merge in
1997, and the last two on Capitol. Dave Grohl produced the second record, "Into
the Pink," which came out in 1999. Not surprisingly, the album had the sonics of
"Nevermind," but the high-quality song writing gave the band its own identity.
Unfortunately for Verbena, the band was mired in its own version of mid-70s
Fleetwood Mac melodrama minus the multi-platinum success and imploded in
2003 as a result, shortly after the third record came out. The break-up (both with
the band and with his bassist/girlfriend) destroyed Bondy and found him moving
to the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. Deep in a self-imposed seclusion,
Bondy gave up music entirely. He was done. He did the odd house-painting job
for money but mainly just kept to himself.
This all changed in the summer of 2006. Bondy felt the stirrings of creativity.
Songs were calling to him in his head. So he picked up his guitar and out came
this record. There aren't any B-sides. Nothing extraneous; just this record.
Recorded and mixed in a month at The Red Barn in Palenville, NY in January
2007, "American Hearts" is dark and sardonic but it's not as claustrophobic,
tortured nor troubled as you'd expect. The record is actually quite beautifully stark
and stripped-down and well played, filled with great melodies and warm
production. The songs are wonderfully influenced by an amalgam of folk and
blues, filtered through the mind of someone who knows what makes a great rock
song breathe.
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