AP Track Review
Not to sound cliche, but sometimes what you need really is right next to you even though for years you might of looked elsewhere. That seems to be the case with the alternative rock outfit Bad Bloom out of Queens, New York centered around husband and wife Jay Trovato and Kate Rogers. Burnt out by individual projects that would slip through their fingers they decided to hold musical hands instead. They created demos in their apartment until drummer Rob Blatt and Kate's friend and musical collaborator, Ryne Ziemba joined the fray to make the project a full band. The track Sagan holds their aesthetic up front with airy guitars, falling bass and drum lines and Rogers' turned vox that feel both contemplative and sort of fatalistic. The progs, bending notes, divergent shifts feel full post rock meets post punk. While the tone feels emotionally a bit sad, guitar notes on the chorus signal hopeful upturns and the bridge has lovely half step bits of dreaminess. There is a lot to love.
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Robb Donker
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES
Bad Bloom was once a project only dreamed about between Jay Trovato and Kate Rogers. The husband and wife duo decided it was time to maximize their time together as musicians, burnt out by projects that fell through or never surfaced.
The pair created demos in their small apartment in Queens, until they found drummer Rob Blatt and Kate's friend and musical collaborator, Ryne Ziemba, to expand into a full line up.
Fusing Jay's roots in distorted guitars and heavy influence with Kate's dreamy, yet driving vocals, Bad Bloom enters a new wave of music some reference as Dream Grunge. Taking influence from The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, and Ride, catchy vocals lay beautifully within distortion and fuzz that almost puts the listener in a daze, but brings them right back for more
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