Bloom

Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
User Score
Based on 214 ratings
2016 Ratings: #309
January 22, 2016 / Release Date
LP / Format
Sweat It Out / Label
Full Credits
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Critic Reviews

90
The Sydney Morning Herald

It may be more slight than Faker and FF but Bloom will nag away until you are won over. As good pop does.

50
FasterLouder

Rüfüs play it a little too safe on the followup to their chart-topping 2013 debut Atlas.

40
The Guardian
In their second album Sydney dance trio RÜFÜS continue to make music that excels at not interrupting the good vibrations of party people.
Nico_254
85

Innerbloom is a masterpiece

Dreamyreviews
83

Ok yeah the obvious standout is Innerbloom but this album was pretty good too! Bloom by RÜFÜS or now known as RÜFÜS DU SOL was a good Deep House album with elements of Progressive House and Electropop. I think the production on here is pretty solid and the vocals were alright too. Grooves on here are good too but this ain’t the craziest album in the realm of House music, but what is pretty crazy is the almost 10 minute long closing track in Innerbloom which is a ... read more

Houdanny
62

While most of this can come across as somewhat dated and cliche ridden electropop, the moments where the band leans hard into a mystical deep house sound pans out so damn well. Particularly that closing track, the progressive nature of it is just gorgeous.

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MikeCroissant
68

Decided to start here for RUFUS and I can say I definitely enjoyed most of this album. Reminds me of back in the days I used to listen to EDM in high school. Some forgettable songs on the record but the ones I liked, I really liked. Especially InnerBloom. That one truly felt experimental and really developed slowww. Thinking about maybe goin to their concert in August in AC. We'll see.

Favorites:
InnerBloom
Brighter
Like An Animal

Mi_Orca
70

Ive never really enjoyed the modern house/dance scene, but this album impressed me more than i thought it would.

Most of the tracks weren't very exciting to say the least, but there were a few that i really enjoyed. It reminded me of when I was younger and would go boating on the Shuswap with my family. Ive heard a lot of these tracks during those times.

Innerbloom is a masterpiece, it doesn't deserve to be on an album like this where most of the tracks were a miss.

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