90 In November makes from music the physical sensation of being on a long walk on a balmy day under a sun-stretched sky with memory as your constant companion. So has every day been a winding road for Why Bonnie. Born out of a dreamy patchwork of indie-pop that began to take form on their 2018 EP In Water and evolved across two additional EPs thereafter, the Texan five-piece of vocalist Blair Howerton, guitarist Sam Houdek, bassist Chance Williams, keyist Kendall Powell, and drummer Josh Malett have found the right temperature for their art to live in since trekking across Austin to Brooklyn to put it all into frame. It turns out that lucidity makes earnest everything Howerton takes from the rearview and puts into the present, with she and the band creating a transfixing overlay of sublime indie rock, alternative country charm, a slight punk fever, and the occasional radio wave signal bending through hazed production. It ensures every memory – be it a lonesome ache or something warmly more nostalgic inspired from their home state – fits the intentional pace they always moved in processing the journey.

Highlights: “Nowhere, LA”, “Hot Car”, “90 In November”

Why Bonnie’s 90 In November is available now on Keeled Scales.

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