Bloom Announce New Album The Light We Chase, Drop Crushing Single “Withered”
Sydney melodic hardcore group Bloom have announced details of their sophomore album The Light We Chase, set for release 31st October 2025 via Pure Noise Records.
Described as the band’s most visceral and emotionally raw collection yet, the record dives deep into themes of fractured relationships, trust issues, hopelessness, and the eternal pursuit of light in dark times. Fans can get their first taste now with the blistering new single “Withered”, which arrives alongside a hard-hitting music video.
“In many ways, the album is an oxymoron,” explains drummer Jack Van Vliet. “You can’t catch light in your hands, and you can’t have darkness without the light casting its shadow. We all have an idea of something perfect. A memory, a vision of the future, a light at the end of the tunnel. The Light We Chase is that perfection. The sublime. The taste of something good. Our widest exploration of how far metalcore can be pushed and shaped, this album is lyrically diverse as it is instrumentally.”
Speaking about the new single, Van Vliet adds: “In anything that we do throughout our lives there is a question of worth. Was this relationship worth it? Is my career everything I thought it would be? Is the life I’m living worth all the things I’ve gone through? ‘Withered’ tackles this question with unflinching honesty, and how the light we chase can be the path to our own ‘desolation.’ In ‘Withered’ the present is bleak, and grief forces us to wonder if ‘I didn’t hope hard enough’ for the life we dreamed of. The frankness of the song repeats itself as ‘Eight years of my life, dedicated/desolated’ repeats like a mantra for all the things that have been lost, over the heaviest hitting, most distorted, soul wrenching instrumentals over the entire record. The song slows into desperation as Bloom becomes ‘Withered’, continuing the oxymoron trope that has been used throughout the record, and corrupting whatever hope had been scattered through the record so far.”
Produced by Sam Bassal (Ocean Grove, Thornhill, Void Of Vision), The Light We Chase sees Bloom expand their sonic boundaries, with a lineup of powerful guest features including Patrick Miranda (Movements), Jack Bergin (Void Of Vision) and Mikaila Delgado (Yours Truly).
The Light We Chase – Tracklist:
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Belrose
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Forget Me Not
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Out Of Reach
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Keep You (ft. Pat Miranda)
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Glen Street
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Life Moves On Without Us
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Act II (ft. Jack Bergin)
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Withered
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Only Sky
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Tongue Tied (ft. Yours Truly)
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Show Me Who I Am
Bloom will hit the road hard in support of the record, joining Thornhill and Ocean Grove across the UK and EU this October before heading to North America to support Silverstein on their massive 25 Years of Noise tour alongside Thursday and Free Throw.
Upcoming EU/UK Tour Dates
(Supporting Thornhill, Ocean Grove)
17th October 2025 – Im Wizemann, Stuttgart, DE
18th October 2025 – Kiff, Aarau, CH
19th October 2025 – Kantine, Köln, DE
21st October 2025 – Musik Zentrum, Hannover, DE
22nd October 2025 – Kent Club, Hamburg, DE
23rd October 2025 – Hole 44, Berlin, DE
24th October 2025 – Futurum, Prague, CZ
25th October 2025 – Flex, Wien, AT
27th October 2025 – Backstage, München, DE
28th October 2025 – HRSCH, Nürnberg, DE
29th October 2025 – Das Bett, Frankfurt, DE
30th October 2025 – De Helling, Utrecht, NL
1st November 2025 – Backstage by the Mill, Paris, FR
2nd November 2025 – Zappa, Antwerp, BE
4th November 2025 – Slay, Glasgow, UK
5th November 2025 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK
6th November 2025 – Stylus, Leeds, UK
7th November 2025 – Rebellion, Manchester, UK
8th November 2025 – KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, UK
9th November 2025 – O2 Islington Academy, London, UK
