After a stunning run of singles that started last year, prolific singer and songwriter Michelle Bond is finally ready to unveil HER proper debut album, REVERIE… FROM THEN TILL NOW with her project Michellar. On the record, the San Francisco artist shares new tracks that offer a nice balance between known singles and previously unheard material, highlighting Michellar’s songwriting skills as well as her diverse approach to musical styles. REVERIE… stands as the epitome of Michellar’s artistic influences and references, channelling classic songwriters like Carole King and James Taylor with incredible ease.
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REVERIE… FROM THEN TILL NOW by Michellar was produced by her longtime collaborator, Tobias Wilson, and feels like photographs of situations, memories, and yearnings captured through intimate lenses. The record is rooted in indie folk, Americana, and Latin music, providing a cohesiveness that is authentic and refreshing while also adding nice spicy colours to the sound – from the psychedelic keyboards on “Intersection” over its urgent banjo or the hopeful nostalgia of “Promise”. It’s a journey of peace and reflection across themes of self-discovery, acceptance, and loving relationships.
Michellar has a way of delivering melodies and lines that is incredibly gentle and soft, making her lyricism shine through with introspection and remarkable joy, even in her most melancholic moments. Her record echoes the music of her childhood as exposed by her parents in the 70s, ranging from classic songwriters to musical soundtracks. This creates an atmosphere of wide-eyed wonder to REVERIE… FROM THEN TILL NOW that is deeply moving and carefully optimistic at once.
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“This album is a dream come true. A reverie… that I never knew I could actually realize”, Michellar says as she comments on how she feels like she’s trying to catch up for the years in which she didn’t do any music, while also having the self-awareness to acknowledge that those years “gave me substance to write about”.
This kind of emotional maturity and honesty pours through REVERIE… very easily, as heard on the soothing atmospheres of “We Both Can Fall” or the peaceful realizations of “Reverie”. More than anything else, REVERIE… is a place of comfort for Michellar, “a place that is safe for me to accept myself, that person I am now. Time flew by… but I needed the time to find myself, she wisely shares.
REVERIE… FROM THEN TILL NOW rises as a formal introduction to one of indie’s most surprising and notable songwriters. The amount of love and passion gently laid on this project is palpable at every step, especially felt in the communal spirit that surrounds the record. The album features many collaborations from local artists that add interesting textures and cadences to her delicate songwriting and elevate the compositions to ethereal heights of emotional resonance and meaning.
Starting with the highlight “It’s Another Year” and ending with the Holiday-themed “The Star“, REVERIE… has a sense of movement and seasons to it that makes it even more affectionate. There’s an intrinsic warmth to these songs that turns the record into an immersive experience in which being able to share such feelings and moments is especially rewarding. On her first proper record, Michellar captures intimacy, like it’s the easiest thing in the world – and maybe while you’re listening to REVERIE… it might as well be.
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New Music Friday: Debut Album "REVERIE… FROM THEN TILL NOW" by Michellar
There's an intrinsic warmth to these songs that turns the record into an immersive experience in which being able to share such feelings and moments is especially rewarding.
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@jpgchief 🚨#NewMusic🚨 🛑#ListenNow🛑 New Music: Debut Album "REVERIE… FROM THEN TILL NOW" by @Michelle Bond In this post “Reverie” @Jpgchief @Jpgchief @Jpgchief There's an intrinsic warmth to these songs that turns the record into an immersive experience in which being able to share such feelings and moments is especially rewarding. https://lessthan1000followers.com/2025/12/04/michellar-shares-gentleness-and-intimacy-on-debut-album-reverie-from-then-till-now/ #CapCut ♬ original sound – Jpgchief
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