Biography

“There are only two meaningful ways to experience Bound: at volume on a stentorian stereo – or live,” said Orlando Weekly. “They don’t just play, they envelop, like a magnificent hurricane of pristine fuzz and groan.” The Washington DC “post-everything” quartet appeared to come out of nowhere in 2018 with No Beyond, an album so fully-realized that many observers noted it’s hard to believe it could be a debut. In truth, the band had long toiled in secret to create what the Washington Post called “a solemn, spacious debut forged inside a circle of trust” and PopMatters called “impressive and ambitious.” But if that album seemed to emerge from a mist, their 2020 sophomore effort Haunts seems to rise from the very ground. “The sheer breadth and depth of Bound's vision is remarkable,” wrote Decibel. “Haunts never once eases its wickedly good grip.” A sustained exploration of place, the album is a series of vignettes in a circular composition peppered with field-recorded sounds. Its dense, baroque arrangements prompted Heavy Blog to call it “a full-body experience…one of the most pleasant surprises of the year.” “By design, there are almost always multiple interweaving, competing melodies,” said guitarist/vocalist Bryan Buchanan. “It's like life and memory, right? What you focus on during one listen may not be the same the next time.” One thing is clear: Like the formative places and ghosts of the past that built these songs, they will stay with you long after they're over.