Bombadil/Daniel & the Best Dressed

With a nice lineup of albums in the rearview, Bombadil opened 2017 with their latest: Fences. It’s a charming album that fits well with the rest of their stuff and builds on a sterling reputation for arrangement -- both onstage and in the studio. “Not Those Kind of People” dishes lazy-river strumming and small-town Americana lyrics. Through verse and chorus, the band shows a knack for blending strings, keys and percussion. One might tempted to use the word “lush,” in fact. Elsewhere, “I Could Make You So Happy” takes a downtempo approach to the swirl of emotions that comes with romance. (Sandy)