Blossoms

Blossoms – Ribbon Around The Bomb (Super Deluxe) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:37:43 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Rock
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Ribbon Around the Bomb received positive reviews upon its release. Stephen Ackroyd of Dork praised Blossoms as a “band that don’t just connect in the here and now, but who are now making records to last for the long haul.” Clash commented that the album was “endearing, prodigiously rich and ambitious” and “might well be their finest body of work to date.”Louder Than War described the album as: “Classic, unfussy songwriting, instant hooks abound as the Stockport five-piece produce their most consistent record to date.” The Evening Standard gave the album 4/5, praising it by writing: “From ABBA-ish jaunts to NYC odes, the five-piece are sounding rather more worldly”. It added: “They’re growing up, but haven’t lost sight of what makes them so appealing”.

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Blossoms – In Isolation / Live From The Plaza Theatre, Stockport (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:32:59 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Alternative, Indie
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Blossoms release a double set In Isolation/Live From The Plaza Theatre, Stockport.

The In Isolation side of the double album features a collection of tracks recorded by the band over the last few months in isolation, including re-worked takes on their own songs and a number of cover versions. The album also features some very special guests including Courteeners’ Liam Fray on a version of Please Don’t, The Coral’s James Skelly on a version of Dreaming Of You and Miles Kane on their Tame Impala cover The Less I Know The Better. Live At The Plaza Theatre, Stockport, features a full live set from the band’s ‘Foolish Loving Spaces’ album launch show on 11th February at Stockport Plaza.
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Blossoms – Foolish Loving Spaces (Deluxe Edition) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:05:55 minutes | 788 MB | Genre: Alternative, Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © EMI

‘Foolish Loving Spaces’ is the follow-up to Blossoms’ 2018 album ‘Cool Like You’ and features the single ‘Your Girlfriend’. The album was produced by the band’s consistent and talented team of James Skelly and Rich Turvey at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool. Tom Ogden’s increasingly direct lyrical range turns album three into a romantic page-turner of light and shade, while its divergent moods are supplied by Myles Kellock’s piano and keyboard lines, careering from urgent stabs of TV game show-theme synth to more classic, rolling notes. The record’s multi-instrumental colour and widescreen sound is provided by pedal steel/lead guitarist Josh Dewhurst, while Joe Donovan on drums and Charlie Salt on bass bring fluidly danceable grooves throughout, complemented on occasion by a wall of gospel harmony.
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Blossoms – Ribbon Around The Bomb (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:14 minutes | 809 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © EMI

The fourth album from the Brit retro pop/rockers follows 2020’s Foolish Loving Spaces and comes on the heels of their unexpected live collaboration with Rick Astley, performing the songs of the Smiths. Produced once again by their regular collaborators James Skelly and Rich Turvey, it includes the previously released and jaunty “Care For” and the title track.

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