Dead Heart Bloom

Dead Heart Bloom is an ambient rock band currently based in New York City. Members include singer and bassist Boris Skalsky, guitarist Paul Wood and drummer Jason Molina. Both Skalsky and Wood were prior members of acclaimed Washington, D.C. newgaze rock outfit Phaser and Molina a former member of New York band Longwave. In 2011 Skalsky and Wood were also touring members of the band Skysaw, the project of former The Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin.

Dead Heart Bloom music has been used in a number of soundtracks. In 2011, their song "Someday Soon Our Time Will Come" was used in the independent film Friends with Kids.

In 2013 and 2014 the band released a series of EPs produced by Anthony Molina of Mercury Rev.

Critical acclaim

• Rolling Stone lauded the band's EP Fall In in 2008.^[1]
• Dead Heart Bloom was featured on NPR's Open Mic and Second Stage. ^[2]
• Under the Radar magazine picked Dead Heart Bloom as one of their "new artists to keep an eye on".^[3]

References

Notes

1. Rolling Stone blog "Hype Monitor" 6/26/2008
2. NPR, Open Mic 2/6/2006; Second Stage 3/11/2009
3. Under The Radar, January 2006