June 7th, 2026 - Please Come Home with a Hazy Pale Ale... Mr. Bulbous

 

Hello and happy Sunday rockers, rollers, and craft brew fans!  The Meista here today with a pairing of "Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous", the wonderful 8th album by the indelible and legendary King's X and a bright and flavorful Home Hazy Pale Ale from Home Range Brewing!  Oh, yeah!

Album Info:

• Artist: King's X
• Title: "Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous"
• Recorded: December 1999 through January 2000 at Hound Pound Recording Studio and Alien Beans Studios in Katy, Texas
• Release date: May 23rd, 2000 (8th studio album by King's X)
• Record company: Metal Blade Records
• Production: King's X and Ty Tabor
• Album cover art: ?
• Personnel: Jerry Gaskill (drums and backing vocals), Doug Pinnick (bass, and lead and vocals), and Ty Tabor (guitars, and lead and backing vocals)
• Additional contributors: pre-track ramblings by Esther, Yuko, Joe, and Dirk
• Musical style: Hard rock, power pop, alternative rock, and progressive rock with elements of blues, R&B, soul, heavy metal, punk, and funk
• Sound: With influence from the likes of The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, heavy, rich, a little funky, steeped in honesty and artistic integrity, and just fun as hell to listen too... "Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous" is another bold statement by the King's X boys!  It is both melodic and heavy hitting.  There is a power and a depth to this band's sound that cannot be defined in words. 
• Major themes: Relationships, music, love, loss, anger, joy, life and death, drugs, states of mind, states of being, and life in general, etc.
• Tracks:  

1. "Fish Bowl Man"
2. "Julia"
3. "She's Gone Away"
4. "Marsh Mellow Field"
5. "When You're Scared"
6. "Charlie Sheen"
7. "Smudge"
8. "Bitter Sweet"
9. "Move Me"
10. "Move Me, Pt. 2"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Home Range Brewing (Logan, Utah
• Website: https://www.homerangebeer.com/
• Brew: Home Hazy Pale Ale
• Style: Pale Ale / New England Hazy Pale Ale
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• Pour: The Home Hazy Pale Ale pours a hazy, dull golden-yellow hue with a billowy, 2+ finger, bright white head with great retention and lots of sticky, intricate spider web lacing.
• Nose: The nose is characterized by fruity, citrusy, and grainy aromas.  There are aromas of resinous peaches, dried apricot, tangerine peel, herbal orange tea, and soft caramel.
• Taste: Following the nose, the flavor of the Home Hazy Pale Ale is characterized by dank and fruity notes of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, lemon zest, black tea, and berries, along with crackery biscuit, bready malt, light roasted barley, and soft caramel/toffee.
• Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied and moderately carbonated, the mouthfeel of the Home Hazy Pale Ale is very crisp and juicy, yet smooth with a dry, fairly clean finish.

Overall pairing: In all honesty, I really cannot express how much I love the music of King's X.  I will say that the bright, fruity complexity of the Home Pale Ale is a pretty solid companion to the bold and soulful tracks of "Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous"!  Maybe it is the music talking... or the brew... or a wonderful combination of the two... anyway cheers!!  

Keep it craft and keep it heavy!!

Make sure to check out my interview with Doug Pinnick from several years ago here: https://youtu.be/mJ2qVdeoDXM