Southern California rockers Death Valley Girls announce their new album Welcome To Earth, out 9 October via Suicide Squeeze Records, and share the lead single ‘Message From the Venus Flower’. The inspiration behind Welcome To Earth is shaped by the devastating Southern California wildfires, which destroyed lead singer Bonnie Bloomgarden’s home in Altadena.
‘Message From the Venus Flower’ serves as both a reminder from the universe to keep moving forward and a reflection on what has been lost but still remains. Bloomgarden shares:
“After the fire, Tommy, my best friend and dog, was not the same. I didn’t bring her medicine when we evacuated cause I didn’t bring anything, even my phone or car. My landlord, who lived in the house in front, drove us to her friend’s house, and it was weeks before we could go back. And when we could go back, everything was destroyed. I wasn’t sure if she was hurting because she wasn’t on her medicine, or if she was scared, or if she didn’t know why we left our home and was mad at me! Previously, we had done sessions with Animal Communicator Amy Wild, and they really helped. They had a session a month or so after the fire, and Tommy tried to tell me that her body didn’t matter, our connection was eternal, because we were eternal souls that reincarnate and meet up in many lifetimes, and moreover, we are always connected and together. The illusion of separation is a very earthly human concept. I told her I don’t care about our souls, I just wanted to know if her body was ok!! Less than a year later, she left her body. I was broken. I had officially lost everything to 2025. After lying in bed wallowing, I decided I needed to try some life. I went on our normal walk and passed by a flower, a butterfly pea (Venus flower.) As I stood there, the flower sent me a message like a lightning bolt to my brain! In an instant the flower shared with me what Tommy had been trying to explain! The flower explained it: IS Tommy. Everything I love is Tommy, because love isn’t just something you feel, share, or do; love is more like a dimension! anything that gives me the feeling I get when I think of Tommy IS her. Because love isn’t just something you feel, share, or do, love is more like a dimension! And you tap into it, or remember often most easily through a physical manifestation like Tommy!”
The accompanying video was directed by punk legend Ian Svenonius.
“Ian Svenonius is one of my favorite artists! His writing, music, taste, and ethos are genius! He’s a legend of innovation and is always evolving exponentially while still referencing essential splashes of the past with sincere reverence. Yet, somehow is always peak ultra modern! What he and Sandy Denton have created in the scene with the Rated Z Dancers is breathtaking. I can’t believe they agreed to make a video for us!!”
Bonnie Bloomgarden
Tour dates:
Oct 9 – Los Angeles, CA @ Scribble (RECORD RELEASE SHOW)
Oct 22 – Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix
Oct 23 – Brighton, UK @ Mutations Festival
Oct 24 – Manchester, UK @ The Abbey
Oct 25 – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
Oct 26 – Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
Oct 27 – Birmingham, UK @ TBA
Oct 28 – London, UK @ The Lexington
Oct 30 – Oviedo, SP @ Lata de Zinc
Oct 31 – Valencia, SP @ 16 Toneladas
Nov 3 – Utrecht, NL @ dB’s
Nov 4 – Berlin, DE @ LIDO
Nov 5 – Hamburg, DE @ Molotow
Nov 6 – Metz, FR @ Les Trinitaires
Nov 7 – Luzern, CH @ Südpol Club
Nov 12 – Belfort, FR @ La Poudrière
Nov 13 – Nimes, FR @ Paloma
Nov 14 – Argenteuil, FR @ La Cave
Nov 17 – Cherbourg, FR @ Le Circuit
Nov 18 – Bordeaux, FR @ Krakatoa
Nov 19 – Paris, FR @ Maroquinerie
Nov 20 – La Rochelle, FR @ La Siréne
Nov 21 – Rouen, FR @ Le 106
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