the bloom house

Mark is currently off touring the UK with his beautiful songs and launching his The Soar Before EP.

The songs are brutally beautiful and obsessively-finely crafted. My particular favourite is Albatross which renders me speechless pretty much every time I listen to it whole-earedly. Here it is:

Albatross

If you are over that way and would like to catch a show, here are the remaining dates:

22-Nov-10 Cambridge Junction
24-Nov-10 Oxford O2 Academy
25-Nov-10 Bournemouth O2 Academy
26-Nov-10 Bristol O2 Academy
27-Nov-10 Leeds O2 Academy
29-Nov-10 SheffieldO2 Academy2
30-Nov-10 Glasgow O2 ABC
01-Dec-10 Newcastle O2 Academy
03-Dec-10 Manchester Academy 2
04-Dec-10 Birmingham HMV Institute

The production of the EP was very much a Bloom House production; Han did the illustration, Amy the design, Derek the photography and Jen, Fran, Derek, Amy and Paul provided some fine, ah ah ah ah ah ah ah backing vocals.

Here is the finished EP cover:

And last but not least, here is a wee video of some of the preparation that went into fundraising for the tour. Mark ran a campaign on Pledge Music where people could pre-order the EP and also bid on a number of other items, such as hand-made EPs and even private gigs! It’s been a busy busy couple of months getting ready but it’s hugely rewarding to send Mark off soaring and touring, he is in his element!