Even when they were area college kids opening for The Avett Brothers and finishing their darkly flippant first EP, Bombadil's dual senses of adventure and ambition were obvious. The quartet made big records that plundered unexpected realms of pop and the roots that fed them; after delays due to health problems, membership adjustments and international sojourns, they are very much back, with new material and ways to explore The Band's great big Americana worldview. Megafaun member Phil Cook opens with his sweet, sincere solo tunes. —Grayson Currin