Blossoms premiere 'Ribbon Around the Bomb' video and announce fourth album
The band's fourth record is released in April 2022
Stockport indie icons Blossoms have announced their fourth studio album ‘Ribbon Around the Bomb’ and they’ve premiered the music video for the title track.
Released on Friday 29th April, ‘Ribbon Around the Bomb’ follows 2020’s chart-topping ‘Foolish Loving Spaces’ and it boasts 13 Blossoms tracks including last summer’s anthem ‘Care For.’
‘Ribbon Around the Bomb’ is produced by Blossoms’ long-term collaborators, The Coral’s James Skelly and Rich Turvey, and it’s a concept album of sorts centred on a character called The Writer.
“The more songs I wrote, the more I realised that the writer referenced in the songs was in fact me,” explains frontman Tom Ogden.
“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.”
As played on Absolute Radio last night (25th January), Blossoms have premiered the title track and its accompanying video directed by Edwin Burdis, Arctic Monkeys’ Creative Director, who worked on the band’s ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’ and ‘AM’ albums.
Watch Blossoms’ ‘Ribbon Around the Bomb’ video:
Commenting on the album title, Tom Ogden says: ‘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.”
Blossoms are confirmed to play a series of shows this summer including sets at Y Not? and Truck Festival, together with special guest slots with The Killers on their stadium tour.
Blossoms’ ‘Ribbon Around the Bomb’ track-listing:
1) The Writer’s Theme
2) Ode To NYC
3) Ribbon Around The Bomb
4) The Sulking Poet
5) Born Wild
6) The Writer
7) Everything About You
9) Care For
10) Cinerama Holy Days
11) Edith Machinist
12) Visions
13) The Last Chapter