Lots of bands are proud of their roots, but up to now, few have seemed so much like homebodies as Blossoms. All five members were born in the same hospital in Stockport and attended the same school. The band is named after their local pub, and their greatest moment to date has been a headline show for 15,000 at Stockport County’s football stadium.
Four albums in, however, worldlier influences can’t help but creep in. This one’s title, Ribbon Around the Bomb, was inspired by something singer Tom Ogden heard when visiting Frida Kahlo’s house in Mexico. The recent single Ode to NYC namedrops an array of hot spots in New York, nods at Harry Nilsson’s I Guess the Lord Must be in New York City in the bridge, and canters along in a way that suggests the group are absolutely delighted to be out of northern England.
