"The loneliness of the open spaces, the ghosts, the radio playing in an empty car parked along a rutted road, children being born, starting in on things, & the music that scarecrows dance to when everyone else is asleep." -Greg Brown

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FOLK: Alternative Folk, ROCK: Americana

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The usual fodder of a musicianâs bio wonât describe Patrick Bloom. Because you wonât hear his roots in his music. You wonât hear his birth in a tough LA housing project, or his childhood on the industrial banks of Long Islandâs gritty Southern Shore. And though heâs commonly classified as an Americana artist, you wonât be able to pick out the strains of all the artists whoâve influenced him. Because his work is so clearly his own, a mix of so many influences.

However, you might be able to hear the strains of Patrickâs present. There is something about his songs that resembles the Iowa landscape heâs claimed for himself. With an understated surface, a slow building tension, and a kind of rural prettiness, his songs climb low hills and then burst forth with the sudden onslaught of a summer storm on the prairie.

And you might hear his recent fatherhood in his music, as his songs do resembleâin momentsâlullabies and nursery rhymes, before they turn over to reveal surprising ferocity and passion. Lyrics of anger and frustration, heartbreak and wanderlust, doubt and faith all coexist in these songs beneath a veneer of softness, beneath gently swelling melodies and plaintive harmonies. Sex beneath love. Violence beneath patience. Bones beneath skin.

With the onset of 2008 comes Moses, Patrick's long awaited follow up to his first release, (Songs From) The Pink Sofa. A fluid and emotionally rich collection of songs, Moses threads its way through the minutia of daily life, flawed plans, and quiet redemption. Moses is being released on Mud Dauber Records; more information can be found at www.MudDauberRecords.com or at www.PatrickBloom.com.

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