BRONCHO

Four-piece from Norman, Oklahoma formed in 2010 around Ryan Lindsey, drifting from garage rock toward shoegaze since Double Vanity (2016). Natural Pleasure (2025) is their fifth album and first in seven years, recorded in fits and starts between 2020 and 2025 while Lindsey became a father — four of its tracks use an acoustic guitar that belonged to his own dad. Their earlier "Class Historian" has had an improbable second life in ads, the film Vacation, and Reservation Dogs.

From the notes for Episode 02 · fact-checked Sep 23, 2026.