[ATTENDED: September 16, 2024] Superbloom
Superbloom is a 4 piece Brooklyn band. They are grunge-y and heavy (and loud).
Their latest single shows the band as a five piece so I don’t know which guitarist was playing.
Lead singer Dave Hoon has a great grungy voice, at times sounding a bit like Kurt Cobain (and on one song drummer Matteo Dix did backing vocals like Dave Grohl). Hoon was wearing a Soundgarden shirt and I’m sure that was only part of the reason I could hear Soundgarden in their music as well.
None of this is to say that they were a knock off band because they weren’t. I never thought “this sounds just like X,” rather I loved the vibe and the confidence of the songwriting.
Hoon plays guitar and was joined by either Choate or Marchionda on lead. Brian DiMeglio played bass and I liked that he didn’t simply play along with the guitar chords. Oh and Dix was a maniac behind the kit–really fun to watch.
They were loud and catchy. Heavy guitars with a very 90s vibe. I loved the whole set and only wish I knew the songs more to really get into them.
They played 8 songs. There were nine on the setlist and before “Pig” they said they’d be playing two more songs, but sometime during Pig, the lead guitar rig failed. The guitarist tried valiantly throughout the song to fix the gear but did not have any luck. Hoon even “sang” a guitar solo (badly) for a bar or two.
The song sounded surprisingly solid without the second guitar (a full sound from the trio), although the lead added all kinds of interesting solos and effects on the other songs.
After the song, they conceded defeat to technology which was a shame because I was really digging them.
- Hey Old Man ¶
- Enjoy [new]
- 1994 ¶
- Falling Up £
- Head First £
- I Loved [new?]
- Daisy £
- Pig £
velvet hippo[new] on setlist but cancelled
£ Life’s a Blur EP (2023)
¶ Pollen (2021)
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