Yumi Zouma Delivers “Blister,” the Song of the Summer

International alternative rock band Yumi Zouma has delivered the song of the summer with their newest single, “Blister,” released via Nettwerk. The band harnesses raw energy and embraces reckless abandon, shedding their former guise of introspective dream pop purveyors in favor of raw power in the vein of “Song 2,” “Connection,” “Kool Thing,” and more. Leaning fully into the thrashy break-beats of drummer  Olivia Campion and distorted guitars of  Charlie Ryder and Josh Burgess, frontwoman Christie Simpson screams, “Why you gotta do me like that?!”, channeling the likes of Courtney Love, Iggy Pop, and Kathleen Hanna, and crystallising “Blister” as a genuine moment of era-defining, rock-star perfection.

“Blister” follows up on the success of “Bashville on the Sugar,” the band’s unruly first single on Nettwerk, which introduced this fearless new chapter ahead. 

On “Blister,” Yumi Zouma shares, “We found strength in simplicity, discovering that the more stripped-down we went, the more forceful the impact became. “Blister” surged ahead on the back of our most anthemic riffs, conjuring images in our minds of C4, Channel Z, prepaid flip-phone text plans, and the Big Day Out main stage under the punishing heat of the hole in the ozone layer.”

LISTEN TO “BLISTER”:
https://yumizouma.ffm.to/blister

WATCH “BLISTER” MUSIC VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/rhMIyKcF6qk?si=W6WA8Huuu1oubc22

About Yumi Zouma:

Composed of members Christie Simpson (vocals, keyboards), Josh Burgess (guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards), Charlie Ryder (guitar, bass, keyboards), and Olivia Campion (drums), Yumi Zouma originally joined forces in 2013 out of New Zealand. Since then, each member (Olivia joined in 2017) has ventured separately into different cities. Christie lives in Melbourne, Charlie in London, Josh in New York, and Olivia in Wellington, New Zealand. 

Yumi Zouma’s storied career has spanned over an entire decade–from the shoegaze and dream-pop of their first EP, EP I, and the blogosphere ubiquity of the early single “A Long Walk Home For Parted Lovers” in 2014, to the synth pop of their debut LP, Yoncalla, tours with Lorde, Jamie xx, and Magdalena Bay, global support from Pitchfork, Stereogum, Consequence of Sound, The FADER, SPIN, The Guardian, and radio spins from SiriusXM and Triple J. Following four EPs and four prior albums (2016’s Yoncalla, 2017’s Willowbank, 2020’s Truth or Consequences, and 2022’s Present Tense) to complement their truly global live presence, Yumi Zouma is ready to catapult into the next decade of their career with their forthcoming releases on Nettwerk.