Alternative pop rock band Broadside are thrilled to announce their highly anticipated new studio album “Hotel Bleu”. The news comes with new single and music video for “Lucid” featuring Devin Papadol (Honey Revenge); watch the video below. “Hotel Bleu” is set to be released on November 10th, 2023, via SharpTone Records.
“‘Hotel Bleu’ is the natural progression from our previous records”, the band shares. “We’ve grown as men and friends. We really focused on the live experience for some of these tracks whereas some might be better heard off alone somewhere. It’s a true record, thorough, the full experience. We are and have always been ready to be someone’s next favourite band”.
Latest single “Lucid” (feat. Devin Papadol) layers breathy vocals and neon keys atop a glitchy beat as Oliver flexes his high register on the hook, “Maybe I’ll see you in a lucid dream”.
“It’s about escaping”, he shares. “Maybe you’re getting away from a breakup or thinking of someone who passes. The idea is, ‘The only place I’ll see you is in a lucid dream, because you’re not around’”.
When you check into a hotel, you immediately step into another mindset. It may not be home, but you can still rest, nonetheless. Without knowing what happened before or what will go down after, you add to the history of each room. In the morning, you leave and essentially return to reality. Broadside explore this phenomenon on their fourth full-length album, “Hotel Bleu”. The trio — Oliver Baxxter [vocals], Domenic Reid [guitar], and Patrick Diaz [bass] — architect a thematic vision as expansive and engaging as their seismic and soaring alternative pop hooks. After posting up north of 100 million cumulative streams and building a devout audience, the band deliver their boldest, brightest, and biggest body of work yet.
“On tour, there’s nothing like a hotel”, notes Oliver. “Whether you have the most amazing or worst show of your life, the best part of the evening is getting a good night’s sleep once all of the endorphins run down. In terms of the concept for ‘Hotel Bleu’, every room is a different headspace. All of the songs are separate stories in this one place. They’re open for interpretation, but there’s a song for every type of person”.
Broadside have consistently captivated and enraptured audiences since their emergence in 2010. They’ve organically progressed over the course of albums such as “Old Bones” [2015], “Paradise” [2017], and “Into the Raging Sea” [2020]. Of the latter, UPSET proclaimed, “This collection of songs is Broadside laying it all out on the table”, while Hysteria predicted, “Their big break is only around the corner; with their next album sure to cement them as a pop rock headliner to look out for”. It also yielded fan favorites such as “Heavenly”, which generated 13.9 million Spotify streams and counting.
In order to bring “Hotel Bleu” to life, they collaborated with producers Andrew Wade [A Day To Remember, Neck Deep, Motionless In White] in Florida and Andrew Baylis [Jelly Roll, Sleeping With Sirens] in Nashville.
Pre-order & pre-save “Hotel Bleu” here.
Tracklist:
1. Stranger
2. Dazed & Confused
3. Don’t Lose Faith
4. Cruel (feat. Brian Butcher)
5. Bang
6. How to Love, How to Lie
7. Lucid (feat. Devin Papadol)
8. Feel Love
9. One Last Time
10. What Have I Done?
11. Bleu
Line-up:
Oliver Baxxter – Vocals
Domenic Reid – Guitar
Patrick Diaz – Bass
Weblinks:
hotelbleu.co
www.facebook.com/broadsideva
