Improvisational loop in D. Johnny Marr Jag with Princeton Reverb and 1967 Kalamazoo Bass 30. I tracked this with an M9 Looper, some stereo Particle Reverb and Delay with a Strymon Riverside and Xotic RC booster. Sm7b and Sm48. One take. Edited to shorten.

My buddy Darren Faber says he'd listen to this kind of stuff if I recorded it so here's a belated wedding present.

Black Rabbit Back Log - Waiting Game

Bloom is the first band to let me produce their music. I'm so proud of the color of these sounds, the space our recording environment imparted, and the quirks we rendered into each track. The drums are live, recorded with internal and external mics supplemented with samples. The acoustic is an old Washburn, the classical is a Taylor acoustic electric. Julia sang through an SM7B into an Apollo twin through an 1176 plugin. Evan plays a Schecter 6 string into a Mark bass amp for parts of the song and DI into a Neve 5017 portico for other parts. Julia Houghton, Olivia Moore, Evan Campfield, Aaron Cummings.

1. Ring & Oath - Bloom - 2019

Love of my life. Big, warm, upright bowed bass. Brass, flute, and classical guitar. This is a song about a cat. Added touches of ambient guitar create a lazy, sunny backdrop. Pizzicato bass and electric guitar pinging in the stereo field like a cat tiptoeing on a couch. The song ends with delicate finger style acoustic complimenting the delicate crooning of Julia Houghton and Olivia Moore.

5. Love Of My Life - Bloom - 2019

Julia Houghton, Olivia Moore, Evan Campfield, Tom Troyer, and Aaron Cummings. Acoustic and nylon string fingerpicking and brushes on snare. Upright bass and electric guitar. Recorded in Glendon NC and Greensboro.

Thomas Troyer