Golden Bloom
Bio
Golden Bloom is Shawn Fogel’s soaring vocals, shimmering guitar hooks; whizzing keyboards and twinkling sounds. In fact, Golden Bloom is all Shawn Fogel. Under the moniker Golden Bloom, Fogel constructs intelligent contemporary indie power pop that rivals like-minded peers such as Wilco, Matt Pond PA, and Ben Kweller. The singer and multi-instrumentalist is so fully committed to his music that when he records an album, he plays nearly every instrument himself; tracking layers of his own vocal melodies for some of the purest and most encouraging indie pop out today.
The New York native, currently residing in New Jersey, Fogel is a one-man music-making machine. His most recent recorded work includes 2009’s radiant album Fan the Flames. Since Fogel records the instruments himself, he brought in various producers to round out his sound. “A great album is only as good as the sum of its parts, so I like to focus on one song at time rather than thinking about the album as a whole until it’s pretty much done,” Fogel explains. Producer Peter Katis (The National, Mates of State), Roger Greenwalt (Ben Kweller), Dylan Magierek (Mark Kozelek) and Ryan Ball all worked together to make Fan the Flames energetic, exploring, personal, whimsical and fantastic.
When the multi-instrumentalist and front man isn’t working on Golden Bloom material, he can be found dabbling in a handful of other bands and projects. His 2010 project Neutral Uke Hotel (a re-interpretation of Neutral Milk Hotel’s seminal album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea) finds Fogel transforming one of his favorite albums entirely on the ukulele.
In January of 2009, SPIN magazine featured Golden Bloom as an “undiscovered band worth a listen”, while MAGNET, Under the Radar, and The Big Takeover have all highlighted Golden Bloom’s unique variety of power pop as well. Fogel has shared the stage with Guster, Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3, Eef Barzelay (Clem Snide), Rocky Votolato, as well as his other side projects including The LeeVees, The Macaroons and The Zambonis. With a mind that’s always moving and a toe always tapping, he’s probably working on a new endeavor right now. With each new recording and project he releases, Fogel showcases another piece of his talent, proving music courses through his veins.
Fogel is currently in the studio recording the follow up to Fan the Flames; shooting for a release next year. He’s already tracking songs with Ryan Ball and plans to work with producer Peter Katis again. At the end of the day, Golden Bloom crafts charismatic music that brims with beautiful melodies impossible to overlook.
Contact
Janelle Rogers
Office: 248.336.9696
jrogers [at] greenlightgopublicity.com
