Blossoms tease new music by way of a mysterious hotline
Blossoms have been teasing new music by directing followers to name a mysterious hotline.
The Stockport indie rockers marketed the quantity with a video that includes a tow truck driving down a street with a large gorilla statue on its again finish, together with the quantity. The gorilla statue might have been a nod to the video for his or her earlier single ‘What Can I Say After I’m Sorry?’ by which Everton supervisor Sean Dyche hires them for a gorilla heist in a spoof of the story of an eight-foot fibreglass gorilla known as Gary being stolen from a backyard centre in Scotland final yr.
Followers later revealed that once they known as the hotline, they may hear snippets of recent Blossoms music.
In truth, the stunt proved so widespread that the road crashed. Updating followers on social media, Blossoms wrote: “Hey pals! We’re actually sorry however this quantity has crashed as a consequence of ‘very excessive demand’ actually sorry for individuals who didn’t get by way of! We’re working actually laborious to try to get it up and operating or get a brand new quantity!”
BLOSSOMS SAY CALL
0161 711 0525 pic.twitter.com/C2Kc1zrKao— BLOSSOMS (@BlossomsBand) June 1, 2024
Hey pals! We’re actually sorry however this quantity has crashed as a consequence of ‘very excessive demand’ actually sorry for individuals who didn’t get by way of! We’re working actually laborious to try to get it up and operating or get a brand new quantity! ❤️🩵 properly let you already know asap 🩵❤️
— BLOSSOMS (@BlossomsBand) May 31, 2024
The brand new music is predicted to come back from Blossoms’ upcoming fifth album, which would be the follow-up to 2022’s ‘Ribbon Round The Bomb’.
Throughout an interview late final yr, Ogden defined that Blossoms’ subsequent full-length effort was “essentially the most we’ve type of unfold our wings when it comes to collaboration”.
“We labored with CMAT just a little bit, who we’re massive followers of, and we labored with Jungle who we’re massive followers of,” he mentioned.
After headlining Membership NME in February, Blossoms are scheduled to play an enormous outside present in Manchester this summer season with assist from the likes of Inhaler, Shed Seven and The Ok’s. You possibly can find any remaining tickets here.
Blossoms are additionally set to make appearances on the Isle Of Wight Competition, TRNSMT and Liam Gallagher & Associates’ Malta Weekender. In August, they’ll open for Tom Grennan at his gig in London’s Gunnersbury Park.