BANDEAU

Bandeau is the project of Chad Thompson, a Detroit musician whose myriad sonic moods make for an engaging and shape-shifting brand of indie pop. Released in late 2024, his debut album, Spirit Fingers, slides nimbly through phases of jazzy new wave, crafty dance-rock, and warm, Nilsson-esque songwriting. Thompson first rose to success in the mid-2000s alongside his brother, Keith, fronting Johnny Headband, a beloved art-pop duo whose infectious live shows were a spectacle of their own. He is also a filmmaker, animator, and one-half of Yeah Haus, a production company he started...