Lenderman

Any time that I’m home I’ll book a few days at Drop Of Sun,” Lenderman continued.

At times, though, Lenderman is as predictable as a political cartoonist, employing glib ironies to mock smartwatches and guys who rent Ferraris after a breakup.

I believe so strongly that Lenderman is worth your time that today’s playlist is an introduction to — or, if you’re already familiar, a refresher on — his music and his surrounding scene in Asheville.

I’ve included tracks from those artists, too, to give a wider sense of Lenderman’s musical milieu.

Lenderman repeatedly succumbs to the ubiquity of Christianity on the record.

Outside his own work, Lenderman plays with friends in Asheville indie-rock band Wednesday, and he has lent his voice and fingerstyle guitar to fellow songwriter Katie Crutchfield, who makes music as Waxahatchee.

Waxahatchee’s somber and sparkling “Right Back to It” features Lenderman’s lonesome guitar arpeggios and sweet monotone and lifting backing vocals.