"Bloom" is a song by Australian band
The Paper Kites
The Paper Kites are an Australian indie rock/folk rock band from Melbourne, Victoria. The band was formed in 2009 by lead vocalist/guitarist Sam Bentley and keyboardist/guitarist Christina Lacy. To date, the band has released five studio albums ...
, released independently as the band's first single in 2010. "Bloom" was written by Samuel Bentley and Christina Lacy, and produced by Tim Johnston and the Paper Kites themselves. In the United States, the song was certified platinum for digital sales by the
RIAA
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in 2021, over ten years after its release.
Background
After the release of a homemade EP that the Paper Kites used to sell at their shows in
Melbourne, the band recorded and released independently their first single, "Bloom", which increased the popularity of the band throughout Australia. "Bloom" is included as the opening track in their second independent 2010
EP ''Bloom'', then it was included as a bonus track in the digital release of the former 2011 EP ''Woodland'' dropped on March 5, 2013, and finally was released as a single with "Renegade" in 2016.
Music video
Although the band didn't release the single physically, they published a video for "Bloom". The music video was directed by Pete Seamons and vocalist Sam Bentley. The clip starts with a woman and man waking up, finding both of them a tin can phone, deciding to follow the cord through a forest. It also shows the band members playing their respective instruments around a tree. Finally, both meet and follow the cord up to the tree where the band members were playing, finding only a banjo leaning on the tree.
Personnel
Adapted from the "Bloom"
liner notes.
The Paper Kites
* Sam Bentley:
lead vocals
The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...
,
guitar
* Christina Lacy:
background vocals, guitar
* David Powys: background vocals, guitar,
banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...
* Josh Bentley:
percussion
* Sam Rasmussen:
bass
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Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
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Production
*Tim Johnston: production
*The Paper Kites: production
Certifications
References
External links
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2010 singles
2010 songs
The Paper Kites songs