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.