Brume drop new video single 'How Rude' • GRIMM Gent

Did you ever wonder what broomsticks are really made for? Here we go: BRUME solve this riddle in their new video clip for the sludgy melancholic, doom-dripping track ‘How Rude‘, which is taken from their forthcoming new full-length “Marten“ as the next single.

The Bay Area goth-doom quartet’s third album is chalked up for release on May 3, 2024 via Magnetic Eye Records, the album pre-sale is available at http://lnk.spkr.media/brume-marten

The video single ‘How Rude’ is now premiering here:

“On the same day we were quarantined because of Covid, the California Wildfires turned the sky dark amber and made the air practically unbreathable”, vocalist and bass player Susie McMullan relates. “I looked at the sky and said, ‘come on Mother Earth, give us a break’ and she said, ‘Fuck you, I gave you everything and you ruined it! So I’m taking it all back’. In honor of Mother Earth, whom I’ve lovingly named Druscilla, I wrote a poem in her voice with that sentiment, which Jamie adapted into ‘How Rude’.”

BRUME (pronounced ‘Broom’) are living proof that California is not all sunshine and easy living. The San Francisco-based quartet organically blends doom metal, goth, and indie rock into a sometimes monolithic, sometimes delicate blend of heaviness that resides firmly on the darker side.

After a decade of sultry sounds and hair-raising crescendos, BRUME push sonic experimentation and delightful genre-bending even further on their third full-length “Marten“. The expansion into a four-piece with the addition of Jackie Perez Gratz on cello and vocals has opened a cosmos of new possibilities that the Californians determinedly explore. Weaving soaring melodies over melancholic doom pop generates songs that are equally intimate and haunting yet also massive and crushing.

BRUME originally formed as a trio in 2014 when guitarist Jamie McCathie from Bristol, England began making music with bass player and vocalist Susie McMullan from Baton Rouge, Louisiana after discovering a shared passion for both trip-hop and sludge. The addition of Jordan Perkins-Lewis on drums completed the line-up with his rich and experimental style of drumming, and set the stage for the band’s recordings.

The trio quickly gained momentum with their doom metal albums “Rooster” (2017) and “Rabbits” (2019), the former being named ‘Album of the Year’ by The Ripple Effect and the latter earning the top spot on Wonderbox Metal’s ‘Best of 2019’ list. BRUME also left their mark onstage, appearing at Desertfest London in 2017 and Desertfest New York and SXSW in 2019, along with many more shows on both sides of the Atlantic.

On third album “Marten“, BRUME perfectly balance the melancholic power of the cello with forceful vocals and dueling guitar conversations. The complex mood swings that seamlessly move from sensuous and restrained to soaring and explosive found a perfect producer in Sonny DiPerri (EMMA RUTH RUNDLE, LORD HURON, PORTUGAL THE MAN). With the right engineer behind the board, the San Franciscans adopted a songwriting approach that emphasised poetry and lyrics rather than starting with a riff. This way of working uncovered a more vulnerable side of the band.

With “Marten“, BRUME take a bold step toward their musical future by challenging first themselves and now listeners to move from comfortable spaces toward more challenging, less familiar destinations.