Gloom Balloon

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Honored that @music.defined has put our tune Don’t Call It A Comeback as their 21st best song of the year in their list of top 50 songs of the year.. here is a screen shot from the unfinished video for the song... at the crash site of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens.. Thanks Josh for putting us on the list! https://music-defined.com/2020/12/11/music-defined-presents-our-favorite-songs-of-2020/

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The One Burnt Out Light on the Christmas Tree

The One Burnt Out Light on the Christmas Tree, an album by Gloom Balloon on Spotify

Happy Black Friday you all our new Christmas songs are here.. Check them out! 

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A GLOOM BALLOON CONTEST FOR THE AGES! 

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Excited to announce, Gloom Balloon’s “The One Burnt Out Light On The Christmas Tree.” A collection of original holiday songs coming via www.grandphony.com to digital streaming services 11/27/20! Stay tuned for fun Christmas contest, fun Holiday hoopla, and themed Gloom Balloon gear!!! All I Want For Christmas is Gloom!!!! Art work by Alli Arnold

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Super excited to share our brand new music video today which premiers @v13media Check out the feature.. https://v13.net/2020/11/christopher-the-conquered-and-gloom-balloon-join-forces-to-unveil-two-new-music-videos-premiere/

This music video stars @ohmichelleyeah who is a super inspiring artist who continues to makes art every day, also while being a nurse during the pandemic! These one second clips start right when the pandemic did and I think it shows how we should never take a second for granted! Especially right now in our world! Thanks @ohmichelleyeah for making the video and singing on the song! You Rule! Also follow her one second adventures here.. @oneseconddances

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Today is the day! It's election day 2020! We are dropping a brand new video for our song, "In Our Dreams We Are Beautiful And Free," set to photos by the incredible @joecrimmings The video is making it world premier on @music_defined Josh has written an excellent piece please go to our profile link and read it.. And check out the music video! Please #vote today! Every record we sell @grandphony we give a dollar back to #blacklivesmatter Let's do this! We need everyone!

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I know it's been a rough year on everyone. But it's been really rough on year on me. Not many people know this but I was picked as the Bachelor for a season but due to 2020 happening my season never aired! Luckily the boys @prettyfortdm have gotten the footage and are making the world premier of our music video, "Advice On How To Write A Song."@prettyfortdm rules check out their podcast, music writings, and amazing interviews! https://prettyfort.com/

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A big thanks to @littlevillagemag for making the world premier of our brand new video for the song Libras Don’t Like To Be Alone (Except Logan) They also had some very sweet and nice things to say about the record check it out here...

https://littlevillagemag.com/video-premiere-gloom-balloon-libras-dont-like-to-be-alone-except-logan/

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So honored that the boys @prettyfortdm have taken an hour out of their lives to talk all about our new record, “So Bergman Uses Bach To Get His Point Across, I Feel Like I Have Chosen Rock But At What A Cost.” 

Our last album was on both Parker and Chase’s Best Des Moines Album of the Decade so will they like the new record... Some of my favorite nuggets on the podcast are “We got another Toothpaste song,” “A.D.D in Musical Form,” “The album is like the 2nd half of of Abbey Road.” “Thank God, there is something normal on this record.” “The album is so eclectic and disjointed it leaves me blue balled.” “A Cosmic Brownie,” “A Dive Bar Hamilton,” “This record feels like a movie,” and so many more! Chase and Parker are super funny and I so appreciate them listening to the record and talking about it. 

Dig in here.. or where ever you listen to podcast! 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kGILQOzGQVKv8puQduxFa?si=5hCIIFOnQg-vOKkmU3hlZQ

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I was honored to be Conan’s guest on Protonic Reversal this week. We talk all about PCC’s Albums, Christopher the Conquered’s Ryan Adams bump, releasing music in the pandemic, Gloom Balloon and more! you can listen where ever you get you podcast.. but here’s a link if you need. 

http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/?name=2020-10-05_205_ep205__patrick_tape_fleming_gloom_balloon__poison_control_center.mp3

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A Little Touch Of Magic In The Night... A documentary film made by @ctconquered @gloomballoon @loganchristian in lieu of an album release show debuts tonight! You want access to the party?? Order a record from @grandphonymusic and will get you in!! Here’s a lil sneak peak!

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Our brand new album is released into the world today! “So Bergman Uses Bach To Get His Point Across, I Feel Like I Have Chosen Rock But At What A Cost” Listen where ever you stream music! Or pick up a copy on Vinyl or Cd from www.grandphony.com Wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone who has already pre ordered, or will listen today!

https://open.spotify.com/album/11gt4TwT6HZ0GsxfmEQ8M3?si=NeKF2cW9RW-tqwCHCwiAGA

 Tell us what you think.. Also thanks to the cast and crew who without it would not have been possible.

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Gloom Balloon-So Bergman Uses Back To Get His Point Across, I Feel Like I Have Chosen Rock But At What A Cost

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Thanks Josh from Music Defined for the kind words about the new Gloom Balloon record out 2moro! 

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Yes @popmatters debuts the new Gloom Balloon video for our latest single! 

“But, really, Tape Fleming has delivered a beautiful song, the kind of thing that would have been an MTV hit in the glory days of MTV and stands to infect plenty of music-hungry minds in the age of isolation and the growing fear that society itself is on the precipice of utter collapse. If, as Shakespeare didn't say, music be the balm to soothe the fears of societal annihilation, then play on.“

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http://iowainformer.com/society-culture/2020/09/gloom-balloon-so-bergman-uses-bach-grand-phony-music-review/

Big thanks to the Iowa Informer and Bryon Dudley for reviewing the brand new Gloom Balloon record out this Friday! 

“Soul, ennui, pop culture references, short attention spans, and an emotional center to ground it all — this is the album that 2020 may not have known it wanted, but it desperately needed it, and Gloom Balloon has somehow encapsulated it all during a time when it doesn’t make sense in the slightest to make records at all.” - Iowa Informer

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CultureCast – Patrick Tape Fleming (Gloom Balloon) – Podcast

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Patrick is the most recent guest on @dsmmagazine Culture Cast Podcast! Listen wherever you listen to podcast! 

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/609sSIQbmzpXXDQFCPo9oX?si=gmIFAzAbRfaIHcLwKq4oSg

This is what Going Left said about Gloom Balloon today.. Also they posted a playlist Patrick made for them.. you got the sunny day blues, @gloomballoon knows how you feel. Patrick Tape Fleming has made a career of tracking the undulating hot and cold climate of his soul, with the Des Moines songwriter’s music sounding as if its made best for bright sweater weather. His song “Long Distance Love (Waterloo Sunset)” captures the bittersweet glow of a bruised heart dipping down under a tropical lagoon’s horizon, knowing it will wake up feeling a little better and shine a little brighter tomorrow.  There’s a tension in Fleming’s music with @grandphonymusic where he wants to feel the love and energy of a group around him, but still yearns for the mellowness and singularity of solitude. His music is made for the weird, lonely wonderfulness of throwing a kick-ass birthday party with cake, streamers and strobes just for yourself. His exclusive playlist for Going Left Music is made for feeling good about being alone, knowing you’ll have someone to love soon. Art by @thejesstheticCheck it out (via Link in Bio)..#goingleft #goinleft #gloomballoon #musicblog #exactlyleft #3righturns