Track of the Day | BAXTR – Bloom

BAXTR have released their debut single ‘Bloom’.

An all-female, unsigned, D.I.Y, alt-pop trio from London, the band are inspired by 80’s pop bangers, kitsch 90’s guitar bands and a smattering of Brit-pop.

Speaking of their first single, the band said: “As you know, we spend a lot of time in Dreamspace together, on and off our crystal ship. We forage for inspiration out there in the boundless effervescent word of dream space and occasionally we come across someone or something special to write about. We then take our findings back to our xenoblastic travelling rock and the music takes shape!

“This song is for anyone who ever felt they needed a little cheerleading; anyone who is doubting the arrival of their own personal Summer; anyone who has “something to say, something to do”. It’s about rooting for someone you care about and watching that someone come into their own. The chorus lyric “I wanna see you Bloom” was originally inspired by a young media intern and her impressively indomitable spirit. I (Floss) struck up a friendship with her and we got into the habit of sharing details of our small daily wins with one another. I got a lot of vicarious joy from just being a bystander and friend, watching her dreams edge closer. We wanted the song to feel like a sonic representation of that experience; getting excited by someone’s potential to help themselves, and their triumphs that lie ahead. People and their dreams (much like flowers!) can take time to unfurl and can be fragile and vulnerable at times, which we tried to acknowledge in the verse lyrics, whilst throwing a bit of a “you-can-do-it” style party in the chorus.

“By the time the song was recorded, we stepped back and realised that each one of the three verses could perhaps loosely represent one of each of us in the band too (we’ll let you guess who’s the violet, daisy and dandelion). BAXTR are close friends and the band is something we’ve wanted to breathe life to for some time, and now that we’re making it happen… we’re finding ourselves overcoming some of our shadows and doing our own bit of “blooming”, and I think our connection with the sentiment helped make it a clear choice for our first release. But the message of Bloom is as much one for each other as it is for all the people out there who need to hear it: “Sew it, see it, make it true.” Because you can, and you will, and your Summer is coming!”

Oozing Haim vibes from the get-go,’Bloom’ is a feel-good pop-infused empowering release. It’s a sunkissed single that’s instantly uplifting and will leave you dancing into your day.

You can listen to BAXTR ‘Bloom’ via Spotify below:




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