ALEX BLOOM
Across the Country
OUT SEPTEMBER 12
CONTACT:
ROSIE BOYD // PUBLICIST
Alex Bloom has been writing songs since he was 15, inspired by the autobiographical style of John Lennon’s songwriting. From early on, his music became a way of capturing snapshots of his life – of feelings, moments, and places in time. “I think music is capable of holding so much of that information without it ever being explicitly communicated,” he says.
While in college in 2014, Bloom began recording demos, experimenting with production techniques and collaborating with friends who were engineers and producers. As his skills grew, so did the quality of his work, resulting in a steadily evolving catalog of introspective, emotionally resonant songs. He eventually released his debut album Blue Room in 2017, followed by the sophomore project Chaos / Control in 2019 and the EP Memory Card A in 2020.
Now, with his third studio album Across the Country, Bloom chronicles a deeply transformative moment in his life amidst his move from his hometown in Los Angeles to New York City. During this time, he experienced a whirlwind of life changes. Between the chaos of relocation, falling in love, and personal upheaval, Bloom found himself documenting the arc of his experiences through song. “When I looked back a few years later I found that without planning it, these songs told a very clear story of my life, and a story that I felt was maybe relatable and worth sharing,” he says.
Determined to take full creative control, Alex Bloom self-produced Across the Country, performing and recording as much as possible on his own. He credits longtime friends and collaborators Brendan McCusker — who played drums on every track except one — and Alex Pachino, who mixed the album and helped bring its sonic vision to life. “The song always comes first when producing my music,” Bloom says, “so arrangement and production are dictated primarily by what feelings and atmosphere I want a song to evoke.”