When A.A. Bondy released his 2009 LP When the Devil’s Loose, I was prepared to anoint him the heir apparent to Jeff Tweedy in the event of some untimely demise or unforeseeable public fall from grace. Bondy’s songwriting is that good. And while he’s evolved from the folk-forward leanings of his earlier work (and, uh, it’s been eight years since 2011’s Believers was released), Bondy’s innate talents still yield magical results. His new record Enderness is dripping in a warm, trippy ooze of warbling organs and melodies that melt in reverb-y, echoing bliss on creepy slow-burners like “The Tree with the Lights” or the vaguely Lindsey Buckingham-esque album opener “Diamond Skull.” by Ryan J. Prado