Bombastic Dream Pussy
Deep within the subconscious lies secrets untold, love left fleeting, rage, and nuances of everyday life we simply wave away like flies, the buzzing lingers like a comforting, yet hypnotic lull. Detroit’s Bombastic Dream Pussy amplifies the droning resonation of everything buried deep inside the mind and throws it all against a wall, the colors splattering in abstract shapes. Dream-pop hues ooze and drip, creating ragged lines like fingernail scratches. Bombastic Dream Pussy is the solo project of Hayley McNichol. She first began playing music at the age of 11 in the village of Farwell, MI, located in the center of the map.
After years of playing house shows and college- town bars, McNichol moved to Detroit in 2016 and immediately plugged into the ever-growing underground DIY scene as Bombastic Dream Pussy. Filling more houses and bars all across the greater Detroit area with her deeply lush, jolting melodies and vulnerable, candid lyrics, audiences are moved through a whole range of emotions and experiences like slowly floating through time and space. Bombastic Dream Pussy, with Nirvana, Fiona Apple and My Bloody Valentine sensibilities, can be heard sweeping the floors of a local Detroit basement or stage- as a solo act or a three-piece powerhouse (Jacob Hanlon, Drums and Anthony Zito, Bass)- with a heavy, sonic breeze. BDP grips soothing aggression in a clenched fist, its thick, saccharine juices drained out and used as a medium to paint a bewildering musical landscape.
(Photo by Carrie Pitzer at Hamtramck Music Festival 2020)
