Bloom have premiered a new song titled “Tongue Tied.” The track, which features Mikaila Delgado (Yours Truly), is from the band’s new album, “The Light We Chase,” which will be released on Halloween (October 31).
Drummer Jack Van Vilet commented:
“This song marks new ground for Bloom and is our softest, cleanest song to date. A duet with Yours Truly’s Mikaila Delgado, ‘Tongue Tied’ is an honest look at being afraid to speak your mind, for fear of what will happen if you do.
While it begins as an acoustic track, electric guitars and drums barge into the song with energy midway through the second verse, and lead the song to a finger pointing, sing-a-long refrain of ‘what am I without you.’ The song balances two clean voices as it balances full band and acoustic sections that flow naturally after the other, as the vocals balance honesty and fear in equal parts.
Just as how the song sonically is a different direction for us, we wanted to create a video that was different to any form of content we’ve made before. Shot completely as a one-take, the video is a fly-on-the-wall view of a couple who long for connection from each other, but aren’t able to find the ways to communicate.
Both shaken up by an argument that has taken place, the video begins as they sit in the car driving away from each other, representing the distance growing in their relationship. As they physically move further apart, silhouettes of how they truly feel begin to communicate and reach out and try to reconnect. As the lyric “I hope that we’re good” is sung, we see their silhouettes reaching out one final time and embrace each other, while they both sit across from each other in different locations with no way of resolving the pain they both feel.”
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