The laidback indiefolk of Bonny Doon spirals as an accessible and cheerful version of Sparklehorse. Or as the renowned Pitchfork said: “Detroit’s Bonny Doon recline deep in the kind of alternative folk music that gives off its own warmth, wise enough to sit back with some guitars and watch the world crumble.”
On their long-awaited third album, we get a glimpse into the pure joy of Bonny Doon. The album serves as less of one conceptual story, and each song as their own individual offerings of putting words to the ordinary experience of being alive. The band is at their most dynamic and the songwriting deftly explores new terrain. ‘Let There Be Music’ is brimming with small truths – both profound and mundane, comforting and difficult – and we are invited to revel in them all.