Viva La bloom.!

Today I was pointed to a recently posted Suicide Girls' interview with Devin Moore, the lead singer of bloom. , one of my favorite bands of all-time. Back when I was in college in Gainesville, Florida, I used to watch them play all of the time at the Covered Dish along with other local favorites such as For Squirrels, Less Than Jake, Whoreculture, and Noah's Red Tattoo. For a long time I even ran the band's official home page, much of the content of which has since been umm repurposed and now lives on here (Viva La Internet!).

Although bloom. had some moderate success in the late 90's and even at times appeared to be on the verge of hitting it big, they were unfortunate to be caught up in just about the worst possible time for the music industry. bloom's Pixies-like garage rock sound was exactly the opposite of the direction the radio was headed as major labels focused their efforts on bland rock bands like Creed, Staind and Nickelback, and sugary pop bands like Third Eye Blind, Matchbox 20 and Sugar Ray.

After Devin and drummer Jeff Lataille graduated from UF, the band went on a temporary hiatus. Since then garage rock has come back with a vengence as bands like The White Stripes, The Stokes and The Killers have been dominating the charts. Last year bloom. reunited to put out O Sinner, their first album since the unreleased Recognition of a Japanese Zero and 1997(?)'s Veda Hubbell. Since reuniting the band has toured with the Suicide Girls, opened for Urge Overkill and Guided By Voices, played at SxSW, and will soon be opening for Dinosaur Jr. Here's hoping they get the accolades they deserve this time around. Viva La bloom.!