"trying to shake off something strange..."
The spiraling, yet uplifting guitar lines of 'I'm Sorry' by singer songwriter Alex Bloom leans into iterations of indie rock from many generations blended together. I sense 70's-esque pop ascensions when it seemed that proggy bohemian folk would liberally stir in jazz moves and 90's college radio where most bands would seem to have underpinnings of both either R.E.M. or Elliot Smith. Bloom keeps the emotional narrative moving with urgent almost breathless layers of sonic movement. Then there are lush vox supporting his strident beautifully emotional lead vox. There is garden rock nimbleness and the kind of vox populi atmospheres of a sitcom theme song too.
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I mean all that in a positive way and while this might seem weird (and off the top of my head) I feel an amalgam of artists like Neutral Milk Hotel, Steely Dan and Phish. Yeah, it sounds even weird to me.
Alex shares this about this track:
"I wrote I’m Sorry during an early period of my time living in Manhattan. I was feckless and lost, and filled my time walking around the city, looking for inspiration anywhere I could find it. Musically, I was trying to make sense of a deluge of emotions, and the sensation of when they get backed up so much, they become a big muck of nothingness. I visited Dia Beacon in upstate NY around the time I wrote this song, and remember being really inspired by Sol LeWitt and John Chamberlain. The chords of I’m Sorry reminded me a lot of Chamberlain’s recycled car sculptures, and a lot of the song’s vocal and guitar melodies felt angular and dimensional like LeWitt’s “Wall Drawing” installations. A lot of times I feel more inspired by visual artists than I do musical ones."
Kudos to feeling lost and driving the angst into such an inspired track (the vocals / bridge / outro at around 2:33 are so damn gorgeous).
-Robb Donker Curtius
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"There isn’t a time in my life I can remember when music wasn’t a huge part of it." While Alex Bloom grew up with the pop and rock standards, even studying music in college, his main focus at this time is putting that all to use by exploring what it means to be a singer-songwriter in the 21st century. A fan of J Dilla, Alex set out to make a beat directly influenced by the master beat maker. This NYC hip-hop influence is the backdrop for "Bleary" and a way to push the boundaries on the music he creates.
Alex foregoes categorization and sticks to what feels authentic to him. "My goal with all the music I release is to keep exploring a vast array of my influences. Songs on the same album can sound vastly different from each other, because I try not to filter out ideas based on genre lines."
"There isn’t a time in my life I can remember when music wasn’t a huge part of it." While Alex Bloom grew up with the pop and rock standards, even studying music in college, his main focus at this time is putting that all to use by exploring what it means to be a singer-songwriter in the 21st century. A fan of J Dilla, Alex set out to make a beat directly influenced by the master beat maker. This NYC hip-hop influence is the backdrop for "Bleary" and a way to push the boundaries on the music he creates.
Alex foregoes categorization and sticks to what feels authentic to him. "My goal with all the music I release is to keep exploring a vast array of my influences. Songs on the same album can sound vastly different from each other, because I try not to filter out ideas based on genre lines."
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