Bloomsday was always a curious CD in my collection – even amongst the numerous “Christian bands” of every flavor I’d managed to collect. Truth be told, my reasons for bringing them up now are: a) they were a Seattle band, and b) there doesn’t seem to be anyone offering a shared rip of this masterwork.
They had a dense and sprawling rock ensemble sound that I remember consistently recommending to Sunny Day Real Estate fans, yet the songs were so deliberate and pensive that most listeners seemed to forget rather early on that there was anything about ‘gawd’ in these tunes.
It seems there’s minimal solid, informative web info on this band, but I did discover that frontman Blake Wescott has a lengthy resume including time with Pedro The Lion, Saltine, and (it seems) some work with Damien Jurado and other Washington State luminaries.
Forget about it: Jesus wants you to check out this Bloomsday album…and he has guided my hands to divinely prod this here keyboard.
You can hear it for yourself, and then buy the CD via Amazon
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Thank You! I’ve been waiting for years for someone to put this up on the web. My old cassette is long gone!
This cd is in my player right now, and every few months it makes it back in there for a few weeks. Exellent cd. I was wondering, do you know of any other christian bands that have a similar sound/style? Thanks
FYI – Blake Wescott is currently touring with David Bazan as lead guitarist and some background vocals. Saw them play in DC a few days ago and talked to Blake after the show. He’s a really cool guy. Check out the rest of the tour: http://www.davidbazan.com/shows/
Thank you! my cassette tape is worn out and i listened to this album for months when it first came out. did not leave my cassette player at all. haha. i love this album! i just placed my order on Amazon!
Glad to know I was not hallucinating! I like the song Just the same the best of the two I’ve heard. RadioU in Columbus played Bloomsday when the station first was born back in 1996.