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Alt Bloom’s abilities show on his latest single release “text talk touch” featuring the bars of gnash to accompany the acoustic guitar, funky synths, and lazy beats, eventually owning up to cautious optimism and hope in a blossoming romance.
His ability to tell tongue and cheek stories through excellent prose has even further developed since his Summer EP Astronaut Complex. Below, we got to pick Alt Bloom’s brain about the new track, his inspirations, and more. Press play on the new track, and enjoy!
Congrats on the new single! What was the writing process for ‘text talk touch’ and your collaboration with gnash?
It started off as a co-write with Sebastian Kole and Orphanage up in Studio City. We completed one song for the day when the Orphanage played us another track we loved. Sebastian brought the lyric 'Text Talk Touch' in and wrote the verse immediately—if you’ve worked with Sebastian that’s how he writes. Straight from head to microphone. He came in and sang it and pointed at me when the chorus hit and what you hear is pretty much what I sang. We threw out a couple lines to have someone featured and gnash came back with a great lyric and concept of us talking to the same girl. It really was a fresh take on a duet.
Your latest EP, “Astronaut Complex”, released on June 12th, but between that release and this song you’ve still shown some serious growth. What do you attribute to that?
I suppose I attribute it to the music being felt and discovered. The people I see following my music are joining the tribe of positivity and venturing outside.
The cover art to this track is insanely detailed. Did you have your hand in the creative on that? If so what were your motivations in the creative direction?
Thank you. I just called up my boy TJ Hoover aka Bloom (not related to me haha) and told him the base idea of a stack of old and new phones and he brought it to where it was. We wanted all the physicality of the title and he found the exact way to do it.
You are a multi-instrumentalist. Which instruments do you play?
I am! I always say I play to sing and write. Guitar, Piano, a little bass and certainly not drums unless it’s a machine pad or beat-boxing. I end up doing a lot of my beats beat-boxing first.
What is your go to song writing instrument?
Guitar or Wurlitzer. Both bring me home.
Who is your dream collaboration?
So many, but this time we will say Liam and Noel Gallagher. I want to be in the middle of that genius chaos.
How was your upbringing influential to becoming the musician you are today?
Man, all parts of it. I’ve fought myself and loved myself for years. It all accumulated into this project, especially the love for the outdoors and the simple things.
When can we expect your next project?
We are releasing music steadily through the end of the year. But I will say this... the music we are working on for the next chunk of releases is taking me places I’ve always known I could go and never quite got to. The future is bright and sounds like the mountains got a little beat lab in them.