Twenty-five days after release, The DANGERMEN's atmospheric third single sits on both Spotify Rock in India and Fresh Finds India — a Pune rock band stretching past its raw debut era.

The DANGERMEN Bloom is a four-minute-eighteen-second English alternative rock single from the Pune band, released on 18 September 2026 and credited on Apple Music and Spotify simply to The DANGERMEN. In our 13 October 2026 snapshots it sits at No. 8 on Rock in India and No. 7 on Fresh Finds India. Homegrown's September Handpicked list (published 7 October 2026) calls it the group's third single and a deliberate step into a bigger, more atmospheric arrangement without dropping the rock foundation. Where Salt Rock Stay led Fresh Finds as a Delhi debut-album opener, Bloom is rarer: a new Pune cut that the editorial rock playlist and the emerging-tracks list carry at once.

The DANGERMEN Bloom at a glance

  • Released: 18 September 2026 (Apple Music / Spotify embed / iTunes Lookup)
  • Format: single; one track, 4:18
  • Artist credit: The DANGERMEN (earlier singles billed Prithviraj Jadhav & The DANGERMEN)
  • Line-up (NCPA Home Grown, Feb 2025): Prithviraj Jadhav (guitar, vocals), Vinay Rao (bass), Karan Barnabas (guitar), Nicholas Umrethi (drums)
  • Origin: Pune
  • Genre: Alternative on Apple Music; rock / atmospheric rock in Homegrown
  • Playlists (13 Oct 2026): Rock in India No. 8; Fresh Finds India No. 7
  • Context: third single after "By Your Side" (9 May 2025) and "Hey Diane" (21 Nov 2025)
  • Verdict: a confident mid-tempo widen of the band's sound — hopeful and uneasy at once — that earns dual-playlist placement without needing festival mythology first

Who are The DANGERMEN, and what preceded Bloom?

NCPA's Home Grown Day 2 programme (Experimental Theatre, Mumbai, 22 February 2025) introduced them as Pune-based Prithviraj Jadhav and The Dangermen: Jadhav on guitar and vocals, Vinay Rao on bass, Karan Barnabas on guitar, Nicholas Umrethi on drums. Deccan Chronicle and Loudest both described a palette of hard rock, blues and country-folk, with live staples including "My Imperfections" and "You Too Will Fly".

The recorded ladder is easy to verify. "By Your Side" arrived 9 May 2025 (Rock on Apple Music; later listed among Rolling Stone India's songs to know that week). "Hey Diane" followed on 21 November 2025: Ticket Fairy framed it as vintage rock energy inspired by Diane Keaton's Annie Hall, with a band note that the track "explores love's beautiful, bittersweet impermanence in a world obsessed with 'forevers.'" Homegrown then counts Bloom as single three — and the first of the run credited solely to The DANGERMEN rather than the dual frontman-and-band billing.

How does Bloom sound, and what is it about?

Homegrown places Bloom among September 2026's essential Indian releases and reads it as a song about both the possibilities and the hopelessness of love — the point where affection makes you hopeful while also making you question yourself and everything that could go wrong. The arrangement, they write, lets guitars, drums and bass build movement around vulnerable subject matter; it stretches beyond the rawness of earlier work without abandoning rock.

At 4:18 Bloom has room to breathe. Apple Music tags it Alternative rather than plain Rock — a useful flag for the wider dynamics Homegrown describes. You hear a band choosing atmosphere over only volume: the conflict in the lyric brief is held open, not shouted away. Listeners coming from "Hey Diane"'s retro-rock spark will recognise the emotional territory — love that will not sit still — while noticing the production space has grown.

Why does Bloom matter on Rock in India and Fresh Finds?

Dual placement matters. Fresh Finds India surfaces new Indian tracks; Rock in India keeps DIY rock history and current guitar bands on a longer shelf, as we mapped in our essay on the DIY roots of Rock in India. Bloom appears on both in the same 13 October 2026 check — beside neighbours such as Thermal and a Quarter, Agnee and the recent Bagaawat collaboration. That is editorial confidence in a Pune quartet whose public discography is still three singles deep — and a geographic beat this series has underplayed lately.

Should you press play?

Yes, if you want Indian indie rock that widens its dynamics without sanding off feeling. Start with Bloom for the atmospheric third-single frame; then walk back to "By Your Side" and "Hey Diane" to hear how quickly the writing locked onto love's unstable middle. Stream it on Spotify or Apple Music; watch whether the dual-playlist foothold becomes a longer Rock in India stay.

FAQ

When was The DANGERMEN Bloom released?

18 September 2026, as a one-track single, per Apple Music, the Spotify track embed and the iTunes Lookup API (track 6797503559). Duration is 4:18.

Is Bloom on Rock in India or Fresh Finds India?

In our 13 October 2026 snapshots: both — No. 8 on Rock in India and No. 7 on Fresh Finds India. Playlist order changes; verify on Spotify.

Who plays in The DANGERMEN?

NCPA's February 2025 Home Grown listing names Prithviraj Jadhav (guitar, vocals), Vinay Rao (bass), Karan Barnabas (guitar) and Nicholas Umrethi (drums). Homegrown and Deccan Chronicle identify the band as Pune-based.

Is Bloom their first single?

No. Homegrown calls Bloom their third single. Apple Music dates "By Your Side" to 9 May 2025 and "Hey Diane" to 21 November 2025 (both under Prithviraj Jadhav & The DANGERMEN).

Sources

Cover: official Bloom single artwork via Apple Music (Bloom - Single). Modified: placed on a blurred extension of the artwork and resized to 1200×630; metadata stripped.