"oh darling, like a bloom out in the garden / when love is new.."
The beautifully torn emotional melodies and punches of "On Things That Don't Last", by Washington DC based existential indie outfit bluem, feels exuberant and artfully sad at the same time. The sweep of tightly wound indie rock and sort of power pop realizations as a framework for lyrical poetry that will undoubtedly be interpreted a thousand different ways by us listeners, does feel like it has the emotional complexity and angst of a youthful indie film. Garden State comes to mind, hey it was youthful when it came out. Anyway, I am digging the sound here, especially the vocal melodies and killer lead break and while I cannot think of other band comparisons ( a good thing ultimately) I am thinking an amalgam of songs like Todd Rundgren's "Hello It's Me", Guided By Voices' "Teenage FBI", The New Pornographers' "The Laws Have Changed". Don't ask me why because I probably could not tell you.
-Robb Donker Curtius
LYRICS
oh darling, like a bloom out in the garden,
when love is new
With a suitcase by your side
leave your lonely drive
oh true love is hard to find and grow it
young love feels like morning
the morning of life
like tossing glass from side to side
All my love came spilling out
Amtraks, cushion ass, im crying now
“I miss my baby”
ill leave the city for you
dont you worry about that
tossing glass from side to side
I’ll do it both ways and walk away,
Why don’t you leave me on the ground?
oh babe I’m ready
an I want you to let it all hang out
i’ll give you my love
im fucking around
like tossing glass up and down
i wanted to find
like tossing glass from side to side
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
https://www.instagram.com/bluem_dc/
https://soundcloud.com/bluem-25750855/on-things-that-dont-last
Bluem is a Washington, D.C.-based existential indie band that writes songs about plants and the beauty of friendship. The group consists of members Paul, Tyler, Marly, and Akash. Part of the local D.C. music scene since early 2025, they describe their sound as something for people who simply "like music" and have categorized their work broadly under the rock genre. - pie shop
oh darling, like a bloom out in the garden,
when love is new
With a suitcase by your side
leave your lonely drive
oh true love is hard to find and grow it
young love feels like morning
the morning of life
like tossing glass from side to side
All my love came spilling out
Amtraks, cushion ass, im crying now
“I miss my baby”
ill leave the city for you
dont you worry about that
tossing glass from side to side
I’ll do it both ways and walk away,
Why don’t you leave me on the ground?
oh babe I’m ready
an I want you to let it all hang out
i’ll give you my love
im fucking around
like tossing glass up and down
i wanted to find
like tossing glass from side to side
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.instagram.com/bluem_dc/
https://soundcloud.com/bluem-25750855/on-things-that-dont-last
Bluem is a Washington, D.C.-based existential indie band that writes songs about plants and the beauty of friendship. The group consists of members Paul, Tyler, Marly, and Akash. Part of the local D.C. music scene since early 2025, they describe their sound as something for people who simply "like music" and have categorized their work broadly under the rock genre. - pie shop
Bluem. indie rock, alt pop, existential indie rock, alt rock, Washington DC quartet, jammy, power pop, prog pop, melodic lyrics, youthful poetry, rock, new single, "On Things That Don't Last",
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