A brand new touring alternative festival is set to bring the freshest up-and-coming artists to Australia next March. The inaugural New Bloom Fest will see American rockers Citizen, post-hardcore heroes Movements, L.A. emotive hard-hitters Touche Amore and pop punk powerhouse No Pressure all lined up to rattle the collective roofs in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. They'll be joined by alternative rockers Fleshwater and grunge shoegaze duo Softcult both performing as part of their debut Australian appearances.
Also joining the sweltering international line-up will be an army of stellar local acts in each city to showcase the incredible might of the modern alternative scene at home and beyond.
New Bloom Fest 24 will kick off on Friday 15 March in Brisbane, before rolling down the highway to Sydney on Saturday 16 March before winding up a whirlwind first installment with a show in Melbourne on Sunday 17 March.
Tickets for all three dates go on sale on Wednesday 8 November at 10 am, with an early bird sale available on Monday 6 November at 5pm local time.
NEW BLOOM FEST 2024
Citizen
Movements
Touche Amore + No Pressure
Fleshwater + Softcult
Friday 15 March - Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane (18+)
With Blindgirls, Eat Your Heart Out, Bad Neighbour & Sunbleached
Saturday 16 March - Roundhouse, Sydney (18+)
With No Brainer, Amends & Peace Ritual
Sunday 17 March - Melbourne Pavilion, Melbourne (18+)
With Born Free, Better Half & Post Heaven
About the New Bloom Fest 24 Lineup
Wielding quiet ballads, distorted rock anthems and everything in between, New Bloom Fest 24 headliners Citizen are a band impossible to resist and even more difficult to forget. Straddling the realms of post hardcore, shoegaze and pop alongside guitar-driven rock’n’roll, they most recently furthered their enduring appeal via their fifth album Calling The Dogs; the band’s first album as a full five piece, and a resounding rebirth overall.
Orange County rockers Movements weave an intimate beauty into their post hardcore-meets-alternative-
Hailing from Los Angeles, Touche Amore have spent over a decade burrowing into themes of angst, alienation, cancer and death. From the release of their 2009 debut album …To the Beat of a Dead Horse through to their 2020 opus Lament, TOUCHE AMORE have actively matured alongside their releases, emerging on the latter with a nuanced collection of songs that fuse hard-won optimism into ferocious yet delicate terrain. From performances at Coachella Festival to touring alongside Balance and Composure and Every Time I Die.
Bringing together members from The Story So Far, Light Years and Drain, pop punks No Pressure embrace '90s flavours with energised modern injections, crafting familiar yet infectious earworms that will always leave you wanting more. Releasing their debut EP No Pressure in 2020, No Pressure followed up with their debut self-titled full length in 2022, with breakout singles Too Far and Lock it Up bustling with hooks, polished production and buoyant melodics.
Conceived in 2017, America’s Fleshwater has constantly cultivated a global cult-like following, ignited by the release of their 2020 debut EP, the aptly titled demo2020. Via their early single Linda Claire, which has gone on to generate over 3 million individual streams on Spotify alone, the scene was set for the 90s and early 2000s rock-inspired group to step beyond the underground. Since then, Fleshwater have toured alongside No Pressure and Koyo, released their debut album, 2022’s We’re Not Here To Be Loved, and will head to Australia for the first time for New Bloom Fest 24.
Stepping beyond their comfort zones as the world crumbled in 2020, twin sisters Phoenix and Mercedes Arn-Horn, aka Softcult pivoted their decade of making music together into new creative waters. Spurred by the upheavals of 2020, including the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing pandemic, the sisters channelled their frustrations into their new sonic direction, seamlessly mixing grunge, shoegaze, dream pop and punk with a meaningful message. Don’t miss the Softcult live experience next year when the pair head to our shores for their debut Australian performances.
Also joining the stalwart international line-up in Brisbane will be none other than Gold Coast screamo band Blindgirls, Newcastle alternative bright lights Eat Your Heat Out Brisbane emotive punks Bad Neighbour, and Brisbane dynamic rock quartet Sunbleached.
Sydney will feature Perth hardcore heroes No Brainer, Western Sydney alt-country punks Amends, and indie rock supergroup Peace Ritual.
And joining the festivities in Melbourne will be Melbourne’s own hardcore heavies Born Free alternative/emo rockers Better Half, and post-hardcore-meets-shoegaze metallers Post Heaven.
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