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The next chapter for Bloom is upon us as the melodic hardcore group from Sydney, Australia have announced their sophomore album, The Light We Chase which will be released on October 31st, just in time for Halloween, via Pure Noise Records. With The Light We Chase, Bloom reflects on an emotional period, exploring the topics of trust issues, relationship turmoil and struggling with hopelessness. These themes make The Light We Chase the band's most visceral album to date. To give a taste of what fans can expect, the band have released the latest singe "Withered" along with an accompanying music video.
Watch the music video here or click below.
Pre-order The Light We Chase here.
Barely a second in and vocalist Jono Hawkey screaming the words "Eight years of my life" gives you the first warning that this isn't a pleasant song. Hawkey screams out words of questioning self worth and wrestling with the debate of weathering everything you have in your life was worth the struggles you endured. This all on top of hard hitting, angst inducing riffs and aggressive drumming to give you a song thats both intuitive and angry.
“In many ways, the album is an oxymoron. You can’t catch light in your hands, and you can’t have darkness without the light casting its shadow. We all have an idea of something perfect. A memory, a vision of the future, a light at the end of the tunnel. The Light We Chase is that perfection. The sublime. The taste of something good. Our widest exploration of how far metalcore can be pushed and shaped, this album is lyrically diverse as it is instrumentally.”
“In anything that we do throughout our lives there is a question of worth. Was this relationship worth it? Is my career everything I thought it would be? Is the life I'm living worth all the things I've gone through? ‘Withered’ tackles this question with unflinching honesty, and how the light we chase can be the path to our own ‘desolation.’ In ‘Withered’ the present is bleak, and grief forces us to wonder if ‘I didn’t hope hard enough’ for the life we dreamed of. The frankness of the song repeats itself as ‘Eight years of my life, dedicated/desolated’ repeats like a mantra for all the things that have been lost, over the heaviest hitting, most distorted, soul wrenching instrumentals over the entire record. The song slows into desperation as Bloom becomes ‘Withered’, continuing the oxymoron trope that has been used throughout the record, and corrupting whatever hope had been scattered through the record so far.” - drummer Jack Van Vliet
The Light We Chase Tracklist:
1. Belrose
2. Forget Me Not
3. Out Of Reach
4. Keep You (ft. Pat Miranda)
5. Glen Street
6. Life Moves On Without Us
7. Act II (ft. Jack Bergin)
8. Withered
9. Only Sky
10. Tongue Tied (Ft. Yours Truly)
11. Show Me Who I Am
Fans in the UK / EU can catch Bloom on tour with Thornhill and Ocean Grove starting on October 17th. After that the band will be supporting Silverstein in North America on the 25 Years of Noise Tour, also featuring Thursday and Free Throw.
Purchase tickets here.
See below for all dates.
Upcoming EU/UK Tour Dates
(Supporting Thornhill, Ocean Grove)
10/17 – Stuttgart, DE @ Im Wizemann
10/18 – Aarau, CH @ Kiff
10/19 – Köln, DE @ Kantine
10/21 – Hannover, DE @ Musik Zentrum
10/22 – Hamburg, DE @ Kent Club
10/23 – Berlin, DE @ Hole 44
10/24 – Prague, CZ @ Futurum
10/25 – Wien, AT @ Flex
10/27 – München, DE @ Backstage
10/28 – Nürnberg, DE –@HRSCH
10/29 – Frankfurt, DE @ Das Bett
10/30 – Utrecht, NL @ De Helling
11/1 – Paris, FR @ Backstage by the Mill
11/2 – Antwerp, BE @ Zappa
11/4 – Glasgow, UK @ Slay
11/5 – Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
11/6 – Leeds, UK @ Stylus
11/7 – Manchester, UK @ Rebellion
11/8 – Wolverhampton, UK @ KK’s Steel Mill
11/9 – London, UK @ O2 Islington Academy
Upcoming North American Tour Dates:
(supporting Silverstein, Thursday, Free Throw)
11/18 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
11/19 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
11/21 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
11/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
11/23 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
11/25 – Calgary, AB @ The Palace
11/26 – Edmonton, AB @ Midway
11/28 – Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue
11/29 – Portland, OR @ Roseland
11/30 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
12/2 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
12/3 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
12/5 – Riverside, CA @ RMA
12/6 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
12/7 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
12/10 – Austin, TX @ RADIO/EAST
12/12 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
12/13 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
12/14 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
12/16 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
12/17 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
12/19 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
12/20 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
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