Broadside Release Powerful New Single, "Bleu"

Alternative rock act Broadside has unveiled an emotional new song and music video titled “Bleu”. The track comes from the band’s forthcoming album Hotel Bleu, which is due out on November 10th via SharpTone Records. The emotionally-heavy new song was inspired by the fiancee of vocalist Oliver Baxxter, and the feelings that came along with receiving her breast cancer diagnosis. It tackles the concept of what it feels like to be going through something so unfathomably awful, and how even with a positive prognosis, your entire world feels turned upside down. In a press release announcing the new song, Baxxter stated the following:

“’Bleu’ is a song I wrote about my fiancé, A phone call changed our lives as the doctor on the other line said a prayer after he gave us the news that the tumor in her chest was breast cancer. We cried on the living room floor for two days after that until; eventually, we found the strength to call our family and friends. I couldn’t accept that someone who I’d lived and breathed with every day was about to endure one of the most demanding challenges of her life. ‘Bleu’ is a love letter to anyone who has ever experienced the sudden realization of such an unforgiving and cruel disease.”

You can check out the music video for “Bleu” in its entirety below, and you can click here to pre-order the band’s new album. Please check out a number of research organizations and support groups for those who have been affected by breast cancer, which the band has provided links to, below. 

Metavivor - https://www.metavivor.org/
Breast Cancer Research Foundation - https://www.bcrf.org
Breasties - https://thebreasties.org/
Liz’s Day - https://www.lizsday.com/

Broadside will be out on the road with This Wild Life, with dates kicking off tonight. Two Northern California dates are planned, with a Berkeley show at Cornerstone on November 7th, and a Roseville show at Goldfield on November 8th. For more information on tickets, click here.