From Whispers To A Scream With JONO HAWKEY From BLOOM

Interview by Kyra-Jade Coombs
Bloom are an Aussie band that I was pretty keen to have a chat with.
As far as huge years go for bands, these guys have had an absolute pearler. From visualising their dream goals to ticking most of them off within 7 months, these guys really have gone from strength to strength.
Becoming a part of Destroy All Lines, signing to Pure Noise Records and being put on the bill for Good Things 2023… this year is shaping up to be one they will never forget.
One thing that really struck me throughout this interview was frontman Jono’s pure passion and love for music. Bloom are one of those bands who are lucky enough to have had their friendship pre-gig days and still share the same vision, love and passion to this day with a mutual agreement of how fortunate they are to share such a bond.
Jono often shares his appreciation and credits those around Bloom for working behind the scenes to support them and help facilitate their successes.
Bound To Your Whispers is the latest release from Bloom which has a catchy hook guaranteed to get stuck in your head. If you haven’t seen it yet, the video clip for Bound To Your Whispers transports you
to a place that feels like you are in a void, a place with no sense of walls or structure to it. Their vision was expertly executed by Jack Fontes of Dunelabs who pretty well took their idea and made it come to life.
This is by no means the end of new music we will hear from Bloom this year and by the sounds of it they have eons of material they have been working on waiting to be unleashed.
To get a better sense of who Bloom are as a band, I asked how you’d describe them to someone who’s just discovered them and Jono replied, “We combine parts of metalcore people like along with melodic hardcore, we want to have memorable moments. If you’ve just stumbled across Bloom and you are unsure, come to a show”.
Honestly, I can’t wait to see these fellas play live after this chat… even after all the huge gigs they’ve been a part of and artists they’ve supported, (Bad Omens, Unify Gathering, Thornhill to name a few), one of the band’s favourite memories was their first headline show.
Seeing familiar faces in the crowd and new fans showing up to support them was so important to them and filled them with a huge sense of pride beaming “We did this. WE did this”, trumping other memories and circles back to the appreciation for the music they play that I was talking about earlier.
Finishing off this amazing year for Bloom is Good Things 2023 which is going to be a huge weekend of shows for the Sydney boys. I wondered who Jono was most excited to share the stage with, and it was of course Fall Out Boy. Being able to show the folk’s Bloom’s name on the poster alongside Fall Out Boy and a slew of legends is definitely something to write home about.
I’m looking forward to seeing what unfolds for Bloom in the years to come as I’m sure it can only get better and better from here. Be sure to check them out on tour with Thornhill later this month or catch them playing the Good Things festival circuit in December.


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