Bloom Release New Single “Tongue Tied” Featuring Yours Truly’s Mikaila Delgado
Fresh off announcing their sophomore album The Light We Chase, Sydney melodic hardcore outfit Bloom have unveiled a brand-new single, “Tongue Tied”. The track is a heartfelt duet with Mikaila Delgado of Yours Truly complete with an emotive one-take music video.
Described by drummer Jack Van Vliet as the band’s “softest, cleanest song to date,” “Tongue Tied” explores the fear of speaking your truth and the weight of unspoken words. Beginning with delicate acoustic textures, the track swells into a full-band surge and all the feels along with it.
“Tongue Tied’ is an honest look at being afraid to speak your mind, for fear of what will happen if you do.” Van Vliet shares. “While it begins as an acoustic track, electric guitars and drums barge into the song with energy midway through the second verse, and lead the song to a finger pointing, sing-a-long refrain of ‘what am I without you.’ The song balances two clean voices as it balances full band and acoustic sections that flow naturally after the other, as the vocals balance honesty and fear in equal parts.”
The accompanying visualiser was shot entirely in one take, the band share: “Just as how the song sonically is a different direction for us, we wanted to create a video that was different to any form of content we’ve made before. Shot completely as a one-take, the video is a fly-on-the-wall view of a couple who long for connection from each other, but aren’t able to find the ways to communicate. Both shaken up by an argument that has taken place, the video begins as they sit in the car driving away from each other, representing the distance growing in their relationship. As they physically move further apart, silhouettes of how they truly feel begin to communicate and reach out and try to reconnect. As the lyric “I hope that we’re good” is sung, we see their silhouettes reaching out one final time and embrace each other, while they both sit across from each other in different locations with no way of resolving the pain they both feel.”
Bloom’s upcoming album The Light We Chase drops October 31st via Pure Noise Records. The record promises to be their most visceral collection yet, channelling emotional turmoil, fractured relationships, and the struggle to find hope in dark moments.
The band will join Thornhill and Ocean Grove on tour across the UK and EU this October before heading to North America to support Silverstein on their 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
For more info and tickets, head to bloomsyd.com.
