Bloom

Recorded at Santo Studios in Oakland California between 2015 and 2018 with a mostly new cast of musicians, Bloom continues the trajectory of JOMF’s explorations of song and sonic experimentation. Bloom is a patiently crafted record that tells its story through shifting emotional and sonic environments, starting in a vacant lot in far west Oakland, where the freeway meets the edge of the city. The lot was a storage area for the 50 ft. long and 8 ft. high steel pipes that would become the footings for the new Bay Bridge, sunken into the floor of the San Francisco Bay. Bloom is the band 11th studio record, 7 years after their highly acclaimed “ballad of the revolution” album and is the culmination of 20 years spent defining their unique take on american music.