
Bad Bloom – pepper
If you’ve been keeping tabs on the Rochester scene, you likely know Bad Bloom. The band just dropped their latest EP called pepper on April 11th, finding a home on Boston’s Candlepin Records tape label. The four-track EP delves into the hazy, mood-driven sound the band has all but trademarked – a space where shoegaze fluidity meets dream pop’s shimmer, accented by rougher, grungy edges. For the four-piece, originally formed in Queens before relocating to WNY, pepper continues to build on a sound that has earned them a following that spans the width of the state and beyond. Recorded locally at Wicked Squid Studios, pepper finds the band leaning more intently into the core principles of shoegaze, resulting in a sound notably thicker and fuzzier than that found on Bad Bloom’s 2023 self-titled EP. At the heart of the band are songwriters Kate Rogers (bass, vocals) and Jay Trovato (guitar),[...]