like XTC’s lush and melancholy pop winning a tug-of-war with Tool’s

bonedome


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Bonedome is the moody, prog-pop brainchild of Dallas-based

multi-instrumentalist Allan Hayslip. “Houston, we have a little problem,”

intones Hayslip, introducing the dense psychedelia of “I Can Lose You.”

The song suggests Peter Murphy standing in for John Lennon on “Tomorrow

Never Knows.” Other songs, like “Easy” and “Red Flags R Trouble” sound

like XTC’s lush and melancholy pop winning a tug-of-war with Tool’s

doom-laden math-rock. Hayslip’s website names him “a lyricist whose

playful way with words seems constantly at war with his massive grudge

against the world.” Witty and angry, “Slow Jesus Xing” is a prime example

of this. “He ain’t heavy, he’s fat and American,” profanes Hayslip. The

pessimistic “Fade Away” is a darkly comic, crunchy pop answer song to

Buddy Holly’s classic “Not Fade Away.” (http://www.thinktankubator.com/)