Bonny Doon

Creating an amiable mixture of folk-rock, alt-country, indie pop, and pastoral psychedelia, Bonny Doon are a band who defy nearly all expectations of how a group from Detroit should sound. Their music is laid-back but not lazy, with a graceful melodic sense and an instrumental blend influenced by 1970s soft rock, infused with a focus and insistence that keeps their work engaging. An understated garage rock accent was audible on early, lo-fi-oriented efforts like 2017's Bonny Doon and 2018's Longwave, while a more polished approach came together on 2023's Let There Be Music.