The follow up to their 2018's album Cool Like You, was produced by James Skelly & Rich Turvey and will be released on 29th April on Virgin EMI. Pre-order your copy here.
Speaking about the new album and single, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden said: "While on tour in 2019 in Mexico, I visited Frida Kahlo’s house. Looking at her paintings on show, someone had described one of them as being like a ‘ribbon around a bomb’. I immediately thought that it was a great title for a song and album because of the imagery that it evoked in my mind. I thought about how lots of things in life could be described as being a ribbon around a bomb in the sense that as people we often dress things up which have a darkness lying beneath them".
“The more songs I wrote, the more I realised that the writer referenced in the songs was in fact me,” Ogden continues. “Having been so busy for the past eight years I and the band have never really had the chance to step back and reflect on what we’ve achieved. You’re so focused on the future; write the next album then tour. Your life is usually mapped out at least two years in advance.”
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to "Ribbon Around The Bomb" below.
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to "Ribbon Around The Bomb" below.
Blossoms tracklisting:
01. The Writer's Theme
02. Ode To NYC
03. Ribbon Around The Bomb
04. The Sulking Poet
05. Born Wild
06. The Writer
07. Everything About You
08. Care For
09. Cinerama Holy Days
10. Edith Machinist
11. Visions
12. The Last Chapter
