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Blusher continue to carve out their own lane in the pop cosmos, releasing their highly-anticipated new EP, RACER via Atlantic Records / Warner Music Australia. The EP arrives alongside the announcement of a new UK headline tour, with stops in London, Manchester and Glasgow in September, ahead of Reeperbahn Festival and further headline dates in the US and Australia.
New EP ‘RACER’ sees the Australian trio consisting of Jade, Lauren, and Miranda refining their sound with a sharper sense of identity, moving through sparkling synth-pop and dreamy nostalgia, delivering inescapable melodies and a nonchalant escapism from start to finish.
The new EP initially took shape during writing trips in Los Angeles, London, and Stockholm, nodding to influences as diverse as Basement Jaxx, Robyn, MGMT, A.G. Cook, Dora Jar, LCD Soundsystem, Passion Pit, and Charli XCX. With their hands in every part of the artistic process, the band created a world of their own. Miranda sets the scene:
“Imagine a rave thrown in the middle of the night on a racetrack with a lot of disco balls everywhere. We’re DJ-ing and we’re singing. Someone is breaking up on the dance floor, someone is confessing their love, people are making out, and somebody else is telling their friends how much they love them. We want Blusher to be the soundtrack to that night.”
“When we first formed, the songs were inspired by conversations with girls in the club bathroom,” reveals Lauren. “On this EP, we pivoted slightly to the type of chat that happens in the girls’ locker room, those confessional, team moments that every group of women has at some point, and that we have had a lot of experience with in doing our first tours.”
Previously unheard highlight ‘DON’T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT’ was co-written with Alisa Xayalith of The Naked & Famous. Euphoric synths flicker as a chant echoes, “Don’t make it romantic / don’t look at me like you’re in love / don’t make it dramatic / don’t look at me like that.”
“We had been talking about finding out a good friend has a crush on you,” Lauren continues. “We were inspired by the idea of an ‘Anti-Love song’. It can be taken in a flirtatious way, or you could be saying you don’t want the attention. The double-meaning is fun.”
Ultimately, Blusher is the sound of friendship booming through the speakers, shaking the dance-floor, and resonating worldwide.
Blusher play headline dates in the UK, US and Australia this autumn. Tickets on sale here: https://blusher.lnk.to/RACERTourBL
LIVE DATES
08 September – Camden Assembly, London (UK)
11 September – YES Pink Room, Manchester (UK)
12 September – SWG3 Poetry Room, Glasgow (UK)
14 September – Witloof Bar Botanique, Brussels (BE)
18-19 September – Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg (DE)
01 October – Middle East Upstairs, Boston MA (US)
02 October – Purgatory, New York NY (US)
03 October – Purgatory, New York NY (US)
08 October – Madame Lou’s, Seattle WA (US)
15 October – Moroccan Lounge, Los Angeles CA (US)
15 November – The Night Cat, Melbourne VIC (AUS)
30 November – The Brightside, Brisbane QLD (AUS)
05 December – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney NSW (AUS)