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Jun 02, 2026 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Ian Enger

Gondos are a Portland-based indie outfit, pulling on the same fuzzy and distorted threads of punk, psych, and garage rock as bands like Osees and Ty Segall. Led by singer/songwriter and guitarist Aidan Trueheart Case alongside bandmates Grant Anderson, Chris Farquahar, and Connor Peeples, the band debuted with their 2021 album Descender, before later following with their 2023 self-titled album. Along the way, Ben Windheim of fellow Portland band The Macks replaced Peeples on guitar, and Elisabeth Zarnick joined on bass, replacing Farquhar.

With the new line-up in place, the band began teasing new music this year, returning with their singles “Stop Calling Me” and “Contemporary Us” ahead of their latest album, Anatomy of a Hornet’s Nest. The full record is out tomorrow, but today Gondos are sharing an early listen to one of its unheard highlights, “Abstract Attendance,” premiering with Under the Radar.

“Abstract Attendance” finds the band leaning away from the jagged aesthetics and wiry surf guitar lines of the album’s previous singles. Instead, the track feels like a dose of trippy ‘60s psych rock, bringing out a newly melodic side to the band. The flinty guitar lines and woozy vocal harmonies cohere around a consistent mantra, with Case intoning “It all comes down to you” in a heady drone. It results in a dreamy magnetism, recalling the musical moment where scrappy garage and psychedelic spiritualism melded together into something new and unexpected.

Case says of the track, “This one came to me years ago, in a state of begrudging, realist, acceptance. A big influence in my life, and on this particular song, is the surfer Gerry Lopez. In the documentary about him, he talks about surrendering things in order to maintain balance. I’ve never been religious, and sometimes it’s scary to feel alone spiritually. It’s something I made peace with through the realization that it all comes down to me, I pick what matters, I pick what’s special. Nothing means anything, and that’s okay (even if it’s frustrating to know that sometimes).”

Check out the song below. Anatomy of a Hornet’s Nest is due out on June 3rd. Pre-save the album here.