Blossoms have ushered of their new period with the jaunty single ‘Joke About Divorce’ – verify out the video beneath.
The Stockport indie heroes haven’t launched any new music since the expanded version of their fifth album ‘Gary’ in 2024 – their fourth UK Quantity One album in whole – however ‘Joke About Divorce’ is the primary style of new music, with extra to comply with later this 12 months.
The monitor, produced by Shawn Lee and launched by way of ODD SK Recordings and Distiller Music, is a spritely, energetic indie pop bop, with frontman Tom Ogden singing: “I suppose this argument’s not the place for a joke about divorce / My intention’s are only a playful factor to make you chortle in fact”.
Take a look at the theatrical, pink-washed video, directed and edited by Ogden, right here:
“Throughout each argument, regardless of how large or small, there’s all the time that second the place humour might fully disarm you each and diffuse the entire thing,” stated Ogden of the monitor’s inspiration.
“On this event, I believed joking about divorce would do precisely that… I simply obtained the timing fully unsuitable. As an alternative, it made issues worse, and that second ended up immortalised in a three-and-a-half-minute pop track.”
The band recetly accomplished a European headline tour, and so they have been introduced for a few pageant appearances this summer season: at Neighbourhood Weekender in Warrington in Might and Tramlines in Sheffield in July.
Blossoms spoke to NME in September 2024 across the launch of ‘Gary’, with Ogden saying the band had “actually taken the reside present to a different stage” throughout that period.
“It does really feel like we’ve actually stepped it up once more,” he defined. “That’s necessary as a result of I don’t wish to drift off into the abyss like so many different bands do. This album helps us stand out from the gang somewhat bit.”
The band have been additionally among the many acts benefitting from a £1.6million pot of worldwide touring funding.
Known as the Music Export Progress Scheme (MEGS), the touring funding programme was developed and administered by the British Phonographic Business (BPI), and gave away a complete of £1.6million to assist 58 acts that have been seeking to increase their international audiences however wanted further monetary help. Funding from earlier rounds of the scheme was given to the likes of Beabadoobee, Dave, Bicep and Wolf Alice.
