Pale Bloom
Unique, 2025
9/10
The Berlin outfit Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys return with a 7th album, where their eclectic approach touches on memory and childhood mythology.
The soft ambience of “Bloom” opens the listen with gentle guitar alongside Kruger’s mesmerizing voice, and “Damp” follows with Reuben Kemp’s thick bass that suits the strong attention to atmosphere that’s a bit dreamy and even flirts with post-rock.
In the middle, “Nectarine” floats with a gentle nature via the cozy guitar and poetic singing, while “Reaching” recruits Gidon Carmel’s skilled drumming that complements the both calm and thicker bouts of alt-rock meets dream-pop.
“Anchor” and “Fawning” exit the listen. The former is vocally expressive and enlists grooves and rhythm, and the latter uses ambience strategically amid the pop gestures and pensive melodies.
Somewhere between dark-folk, art-pop and noise-rock, every moment here is engaging, raw and sonically intriguing.
Travels well with: Yndling- Time Time Time (I’m In The Palm Of Your Hand); Louie Blue- Blood & Bones