Album review: Carpool Tunnel – Bloom

The majority of San Francisco’s Carpool Tunnel met via Vampr, essentially Tinder for musicians, which reflects modernity if not the stuff of dreams. Many a great relationship has had an unorthodox beginning, though, and this debut album has enough to suggest this four-piece possess a fruitful chemistry. It’s what they do with that chemistry may prove rather divisive. The likes of I’ll Be Your Friend and Tarot Cards possess melodies baked by the sun and such an obvious breeziness you can almost hear it blowing between the constituent parts in the arrangements. It’s a sound that conjures visions of a trip to the beach – and who of us wouldn’t fancy that right about now? – but it’s packed all of its eggs into the one picnic basket for the trip. That is to say Bloom has lit...

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