‘Blow’ is the debut single from Blossoms, released by Skeleton Key Records. With psyche-pop riffs, vocal melodies, a film noir meets 60s aesthetic, a range of audible references from Arctic Monkeys via Abba to The Doors – Blossoms are Stockport’s newest (and arguably finest) musical export. Blossoms’ brand new track, “Blow” is released in October via The Coral’s James Skelly’s label – Skeleton Key Records. Skelly & Rich Turvey produced the track at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool.
The Liverpool / Manchester collaboration came about after Skelly saw one of the band’s early tracks, “You Pulled A Gun On Me” and invited them to his studio. The band said: “James Skelly from The Coral saw it [You Pulled A Gun On Me], loved it and was like, ‘Come & jam with me’. When the man who who’s written some of the greatest guitar tunes in the last 10 years, invites you down the M62 to go to his house for tea, first you pinch yourself and then you ask, ‘do you want us to bring some dessert?’ and get down there. So we went to meet him on the Wirral & he ended up producing this, our debut single, in Liverpool.”
All five band members; Tom Ogden (Vocals/Guitar), Charlie Salt (Bass), Josh Dewhurst (Guitar), Joe Donovan (Drums) & Myles Kellock (Keys) live in Stockport and all played in several different local bands until, The band made the art-house inspired video for Blow themselves, on a shoestring budget of £60. “We wanted to make the video ourselves so we shot it in the warehouse where we rehearse and built a set and got a smoke machine, £60 later we had Blow …
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