"Way It Goes" by Denton, Texas based neo-psych, math indie rock informed art rock aficionados Dome Dwellers is gleefully divergent, artfully weird and dreadfully cool. The track with it's bending, sliding, picking guitars and potent swirling combinations of whiling and winding bass and fervent drumming feels confrontational and, well, computational in a way. The musicality offers shock and awe and the vocal aesthetic, indie, sort of experimental and broadly theatrical brings it all to a new level of, well, inspired sort of throw back 70's proto punkery.
I rarely, rarely paste lyrics but felt the need to here. The band shares:
The track’s lyrical content is a playful critique of the significance young (usually male) individuals place on psychedelics as a means of gaining enlightenment and mental superiority, without realizing the harm this mentality could potentially have.
Check it out below.
-Robb Donker Curtius
Aren't you worried about what comes next
Cause frankly It's easy to write off requests
You're different, you're special cause you know what's best
You don't wish to be judged, but you'll judge the rest
It's the way it goes
So what
(Bah–bah oo–oo–oo–oo)
You're not
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
What your parents
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Hope that you would be
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Smoking and tripping
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Is all that you do
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Where's all that tripping
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Gotten you
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
You live your whole life all in your head
What can you say you've done before you're dead
You were a young boy who dreamed of success
Your dreams will never be, unless you progress
It's the way it goes
So what
(Bah–bah oo–oo–oo–oo)
You're not
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
What your parents
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Hope that you would be
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Smoking and tripping
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Is all that you do
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Where's all that tripping
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Gotten you
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
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Dome Dwellers is a neo-psychedelic math-rock-infused space-cult based out of Denton, TX; formed in the fall of 2012 by Michael J. Slack, David Gore, and Cullen Dean. Blake Montgomery joined the band in 2019 rounding out the line-up. Cutting their teeth early on house shows and local DIY festivals, Dome Dwellers quickly developed a devoted local following, and after years of unrelenting and bombastically unrivaled live shows, were able to grow that following throughout Texas and beyond.
Dubbed “Art Warriors” by THRWD Magazine, the music of Dome Dwellers takes listeners on a sonic space-ride spanning the musical spectrum; bouncing from melodically melancholic, to contagiously danceable, careening haphazardly between soulful and whimsical all in the course of a few songs. The band holds a spiritual connection with rock bands of yore – holding the same angst ridden, flowery, explosive, bleeding heart, full speed ahead into the sun energy of a band like Queen, while remaining sonically contemporary and not derivative. The result is music that is powerful, confident, and even playful, but most importantly comes from a deeply genuine and heartfelt place.
With heavily-affected angular guitar, powerful melodic bass, punchy drums, versatile vocals and a collage of effect-tinged sounds, Dome Dwellers music doesn’t merely seek to fit in. Instead, they strive to carve out a space of its own while remaining within the tried-and-true structures of pop and rock music. Walking a fine line between experimentation and accessibility, the band has settled into a sweet spot. Dome Dwellers is “a rock ‘n’ roll band with a confident flair, a reaffirmation that the genre never died; it’s just evolved.”(Dallas Observer, 2015)
Dome Dwellers has two previous releases, “Maybe I Should Have Some Pride” (2013) and “Ivory Tower” (2015), and has recorded multiple live video sessions. Over several years of writing, recording and mixing, Dome Dwellers adds the now finished, and soon-to-be-released, “It’s Just Us” full length LP to the list.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
Winner: Best Guitarist (Michael J. Slack) - 2017 Dallas Observer Music Awards
Nominated: Best Rock Act - 2017 Dallas Observer Music Awards
Nominated: Best Indie/Rock Act - 2016 Denton Art and Music Awards
BANDS PLAYED WITH:
Kaleo / SALES / The Unlikely Candidates / Summer Salt / Jonathan Tyler / Dark Rooms / Slothrust
Islands / Spendtime Palace / MOTHXR / Cymbals Eat Guitars / Brazen Youth / ISHI / Bobby Sessions
Gringo Star / Leopold and His Fiction / Superhumanoids / TEEN / Oh Pep! / Botany / Palm
Hikes / Consider the Source / Playboy Man Baby / Calliope Musicals / The Life and Times
Aren't you worried about what comes next
Cause frankly It's easy to write off requests
You're different, you're special cause you know what's best
You don't wish to be judged, but you'll judge the rest
It's the way it goes
So what
(Bah–bah oo–oo–oo–oo)
You're not
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
What your parents
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Hope that you would be
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Smoking and tripping
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Is all that you do
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Where's all that tripping
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Gotten you
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
You live your whole life all in your head
What can you say you've done before you're dead
You were a young boy who dreamed of success
Your dreams will never be, unless you progress
It's the way it goes
So what
(Bah–bah oo–oo–oo–oo)
You're not
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
What your parents
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Hope that you would be
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Smoking and tripping
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Is all that you do
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Where's all that tripping
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
Gotten you
(Bah–bah Oo–oo–oo–oo)
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
spotify
domedwellersmusic
bandcamp
youtube
Dome Dwellers is a neo-psychedelic math-rock-infused space-cult based out of Denton, TX; formed in the fall of 2012 by Michael J. Slack, David Gore, and Cullen Dean. Blake Montgomery joined the band in 2019 rounding out the line-up. Cutting their teeth early on house shows and local DIY festivals, Dome Dwellers quickly developed a devoted local following, and after years of unrelenting and bombastically unrivaled live shows, were able to grow that following throughout Texas and beyond.
Dubbed “Art Warriors” by THRWD Magazine, the music of Dome Dwellers takes listeners on a sonic space-ride spanning the musical spectrum; bouncing from melodically melancholic, to contagiously danceable, careening haphazardly between soulful and whimsical all in the course of a few songs. The band holds a spiritual connection with rock bands of yore – holding the same angst ridden, flowery, explosive, bleeding heart, full speed ahead into the sun energy of a band like Queen, while remaining sonically contemporary and not derivative. The result is music that is powerful, confident, and even playful, but most importantly comes from a deeply genuine and heartfelt place.
With heavily-affected angular guitar, powerful melodic bass, punchy drums, versatile vocals and a collage of effect-tinged sounds, Dome Dwellers music doesn’t merely seek to fit in. Instead, they strive to carve out a space of its own while remaining within the tried-and-true structures of pop and rock music. Walking a fine line between experimentation and accessibility, the band has settled into a sweet spot. Dome Dwellers is “a rock ‘n’ roll band with a confident flair, a reaffirmation that the genre never died; it’s just evolved.”(Dallas Observer, 2015)
Dome Dwellers has two previous releases, “Maybe I Should Have Some Pride” (2013) and “Ivory Tower” (2015), and has recorded multiple live video sessions. Over several years of writing, recording and mixing, Dome Dwellers adds the now finished, and soon-to-be-released, “It’s Just Us” full length LP to the list.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
Winner: Best Guitarist (Michael J. Slack) - 2017 Dallas Observer Music Awards
Nominated: Best Rock Act - 2017 Dallas Observer Music Awards
Nominated: Best Indie/Rock Act - 2016 Denton Art and Music Awards
BANDS PLAYED WITH:
Kaleo / SALES / The Unlikely Candidates / Summer Salt / Jonathan Tyler / Dark Rooms / Slothrust
Islands / Spendtime Palace / MOTHXR / Cymbals Eat Guitars / Brazen Youth / ISHI / Bobby Sessions
Gringo Star / Leopold and His Fiction / Superhumanoids / TEEN / Oh Pep! / Botany / Palm
Hikes / Consider the Source / Playboy Man Baby / Calliope Musicals / The Life and Times
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