Mike Bloom - King of Circles
Mike Bloom - L.A. singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of The Elected with Blake Sennett (Rilo Kiley) offers up a fine, beautifully understated debut solo album...the project received initial funding from actor Tobey Maguire... // Release: King of Circles (June 7, Little Record Company) // Sounds like: Bloom produced, mixed, wrote and provided instrumental backing on all of the songs, lending the album an exceptionally personal stamp...at the center of most tracks are simply acoustic guitar -- though Bloom's skilled fingerpicking is hardly simple -- and vocals with additional instruments fleshing out the production... // Quote: "Some (songs) came directly from my bedroom demos and landed on the record almost untouched. Some are much older than others, but they still felt like they belonged here." // What we like: the warm and unpretentious atmosphere of the songs..."Gold Mine" is a subdued stunner -- intricate rhythmic shifts and superb guitar work setting the foundation for Bloom's mulit-tracked vocals..."Dry Land" glows with a Nick Drake-styled starkness...love song "Butcher Paper" boast lyrics from Jenny Lewis, another Rilo Kiley member Bloom has played with...
Mike Bloom - "Gold Mine" (from the album King of Circles)
Mike Bloom - "Dry Land" (from the album King of Circles)
Disc 1
| 1 | Til It's Over |
| 2 | Butcher's Paper |
| 3 | Afterthought to War |
| 4 | Red Light, Green Light |
| 5 | Gold Mine |
| 6 | Anything But This |
| 7 | Dry Land |
| 8 | Your Heart Left Town |
| 9 | Floataway Sinner |
| 10 | Devil's Island |
| 11 | Top of The World |
| 12 | King of Circles |
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