Excerpt from The Painted Man review
...The weirdest part of the EP, is that despite employing seemingly disjointed and little associated sounds and styles, it has a good deal of continuity. While one would assume that this much disparity in musical styles would lead to the obvious assertion that Bone Gunn is unable to find their true voice, their true sound, but that is quite the contrary. Some inexplicable component runs through all of the weirdness that is the Flies EP and connects it together. Perhaps it is just the weirdness of it all, but I suspect that it’s something more… unfortunately it’s something more that I can’t quite put my finger on.
Do I like this EP? I’m not really sure. But I don’t hate it, that is certain. It is technically sound and quite complex. There are great melodies, tons of time and tempo changes, and all sorts of different sounds and layers. Suffice it to say that Bone Gunn is one band that I intend to follow as they progress and grow. Hopefully, I’ll get to experience them live, as well, but for now I will settle on listening from afar and trying to figure them out a bit more.
Will you like this EP? Well, do you like folk, anti-folk, industrial, aggro, metal, glam, alt-country, jazz, jazz fusion, and/or world music? If you answered yes, check this EP out now. If you answered no, you still need to check this EP out now. Whether you love it, hate it, or find yourself as confused as I am, I promise that checking this EP out won’t leave you bored or uninspired.
