Blossoms have released their fourth studio album 'Ribbon Around The Bomb'
Find out more about the record in the May 2022 issue of Dork.
Blossoms have released their fourth studio album 'Ribbon Around The Bomb'.
Out today (Friday, 29th April), the full-length - which you can read ALL ABOUT in the May issue of Dork - was in part inspired by a trip the band's Tom Ogden took to Frida Kahlo’s house.
"Looking at her paintings on show, someone had described one of them as being like a ‘ribbon around a bomb’," he explains. "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 album is produced by James Skelly and Rich Turvey and revolves around a central character ‘The Writer’. Tom Ogden expands: ‘The more songs I wrote, the more I realised that the writer referenced in the songs was in fact me. 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 below.
Out today (Friday, 29th April), the full-length - which you can read ALL ABOUT in the May issue of Dork - was in part inspired by a trip the band's Tom Ogden took to Frida Kahlo’s house.
"Looking at her paintings on show, someone had described one of them as being like a ‘ribbon around a bomb’," he explains. "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 album is produced by James Skelly and Rich Turvey and revolves around a central character ‘The Writer’. Tom Ogden expands: ‘The more songs I wrote, the more I realised that the writer referenced in the songs was in fact me. 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 below.