Bomethius - Press Highlights and Reviews

Concerning Seasons of Limbo

We Are Mirrors: "This isn’t a record of barbed intellect. It’s a record of kind, burgeoning wisdom. This album may be called Seasons of Limbo, but Bomethius has never felt more direct and assured." 9.0/10

Goat Palace: "a cycle that slips breezy, open-hearted pop-infused melodies under the weight of confessional, revealing lyrics evocative of lines from an introspective private journal of self-doubt, alienation, and censure. This juxtaposition is arresting, emotionally disorienting at times, and yet feels perfectly normal given what we’ve all just lived through — his shared humanity, familiarity, and intimacy serves as a testament to the craft and honesty that Hodges brings to his task."

Independent Clauses: "It’s simply genius. Treat yourself with Bomethius’s Seasons of Limbo."

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Concerning inadiquit

“Experimental and masterful … a showcase for what’s to come in the Bomethius discography … the most challenging album he’s produced so far.”
— Atwood Magazine (8.3/10)

“A relevant piece of art that emphatically deserves your time.”
—A Diverse Sound

“The definitive work from Bomethius. … He delivers on his heady concepts, both lyrical and compositional, through a progressive baroque-pop vessel that’s as ambitious as it is humble.”
— We Are Mirrors (8.5/10)

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Concerning Sweet Nothings

“A folk masterpiece hiding in plain sight … aesthetically reasoned and agonizingly deep ... a glowing path through the darkness … 10/10.”
— Atwood Magazine

“Metaphorical and musical brilliance.”
— BuzzMusic

“Artful expressive melancholy ethereally creeping enough to make David Lynch himself want to prick up his ears.”
— A&R Factory

“At once incredibly charming and almost uncomfortably relatable … records like these can keep us hoping and searching.”
— A Diverse Sound

“Incredibly beautiful music.”
— The Album Effect

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Concerning As Roses

“As Roses is nothing short of marvelous. If you’re looking for something unique and a little life-affirming I highly recommend picking this up.”
— A Diverse Sound

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Concerning Intimatitudes

“But there’s little question in Intimatitudes: Hodges is Bomethius the speaker, and his grand abstractions are a fig leaf he winks at cartoonishly. He hopes you get the joke. It’s not funny.”
— We Are Mirrors

“Intimatitudes is a swirling Dichterliebe of regrets, heartache, and other species of despair, at once shot through with a sly, sideward wink: the Poet is performing his role, and reveling in the portrayal.”
— Zack Wallmark

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Full Length Reviews

Review: Sweet Nothings (By David Mead)

Sweet Nothings is the third official album from Bomethius—alias Jonathan Hodges, presently from Dallas. A multi-instrumentalist who completed a degree in violin performance last year at Southern Methodist University, he produced nearly every sound you’ll hear in these recordings himself…