Gothic Theatre
Blusom
Blusom’s music, a beguiling home-recorded mix of indie indulgences, ambient experimentation and good ole broken-hearted sadness, is incredibly effective given the variety of styles on their debut disc. Somewhere between the Portastatic pop of “On Glass,” the Radiohead-esque “X-Photo,” and noisy ambient numbers like “Fireside Iconoclasm” and “Kitelike Blue Paper,” the shadowy figure of Blusom emerges.
Denver music vets Michael Behrenhausen (Maraca 5-0) and Jme White (Acrobat Down) have worked together before in the band Burstable, but never having heard that, it’s hard to say whether or not Blusom is a continuation of their collaborative goals.
Behrenhausen wrote most of the music and lyrics, while White twiddled the nobs and provided the sophisticated electro-backdrop for Blusom. Aaron Hobbs (also of Acrobat Down and Burstable) even adds a little vocal support on track #2. But the real star here is the palpably downtempo melodies, (even the semi-obscured, digitally-fucked ones). Textured synths, crisp acoustics, electronic squall and trebly percussion underpin indie-anthem vocals with just the right amount of playful poise, never losing their underlying energy
