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Bombadil

While, per the band, their conceptual starting point was the folk music of Bolivia, Bombadil's frolicsome take on indie pop has much more in common with the cutesier side of the Elephant 6 stable (early Of Montreal, etc.) and indie label Kindercore Records. They released their first album, A Buzz, A Buzz, in 2008, which scored them festival spots at the likes of Bonnaroo and Pickathon. Bombadil continued to deliver albums regularly despite a series of setbacks including lineup changes and health issues, with constant member Daniel Michalak remaining at the helm. Finding fans in other alternative musicians, 2013's Metrics of Affection and 2015's Hold On featured R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe on trumpet, and the group's sixth long-player, 2017's Fences, was produced by John Vanderslice. A product of the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023's In Color was a self-recorded outing flush with Bombadil's bittersweet melodicism, as was 2025's How the Moon Got Back Home, a concept album co-produced with David Wax. Bassist/keyboardist Daniel Michalak and guitarist Bryan Rahija hatched the initial idea of the band -- named for the J.R.R. Tolkien character Tom Bombadil -- and began writing songs together while spending a semester abroad in Bolivia. In the early days, Bombadil's on-stage costumes included an approximation of itinerant Bolivian folk musicians. Students at Duke University, Michalak and Rahija returned to North Carolina and added a mutual friend, multi-instrumentalist Stuart Robinson, and Michalak's younger brother, drummer John Michalak. After a live demo recorded at a campus concert got the band signed to local indie Ramseur Records, a self-titled EP saw release in 2006. A heavy touring schedule combined with academic requirements caused John Michalak to leave the band prior to the recording of its full-length debut; he was replaced by James Phillips. Bombadil's first album, A Buzz, A Buzz, arrived in April of 2008 and was followed by festival dates at Bonnaroo, Pickathon, and Bristol, Tennessee/Bristol, and Virginia's Rhythm and Roots Reunion. Their second album, the 15-track Tarpits and Canyonlands, appeared on Ramseur in July 2009. The group went on hiatus for parts of 2009 and 2010 due to Daniel Michalak suffering from a recurring nerve condition in his hands that left him unable to play for periods of time. With Michalak's health improving, All That the Rain Promises saw release in 2011; Metrics of Affection following in July of 2013. Rahija left the official lineup soon thereafter, and their fifth long-player was written as a trio and recorded with guests including Rahija on guitar and ukulele and Michael Stipe, who had also appeared on one track of Metrics of Affection, on trumpet. Shortly before the heartache-themed Hold On was released in March 2015, the band announced that Robinson was leaving to pursue other interests and would not be joining the accompanying tour. Michalak and Phillips regrouped with guitarist Stacy Harden and released Fences on Ramseur in 2017. It featured production by John Vanderslice, who claimed to take a light hand on their songs and acoustic performances. The same trio lineup returned in 2019 for the band's seventh album, Beautiful Country, which was produced, recorded, and mixed by Scott Solter (the Mountain Goats, John Vanderslice). Written by Phillips (who was in the U.S. with a newborn) and Michalak (who was in France) during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, and after several scrapped ideas and false starts, 2023's In Color incorporated a color scheme reflected in song titles. It was later recorded and mixed in Durham by Phillips, with contributions from additional vocalists/instrumentalists Skylar Gudasz, MK Rodenbough, and Nick Vandenberg. With dancer/choreographer/multi-instrumentalist Madison Rivis replacing Harden, the group's next LP was a concept album based on fable by Rivis about a group of friends trying to get a fallen moon back in the sky. Co-produced by the band and David Wax (who also played strings) and engineered by Reed Benjamin (Calapse), How the Moon Got Back Home was tracked in Durham in six days in April 2025, using an Otari MX5050 eight-track tape machine. It arrived on Ramseur that September.
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