Blossoms
Blossoms – when you name your band after a favorite pub, you must be doing something right.

Blossoms – live at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend – Exeter – May 29, 2016 – BBC Radio 1 –

Messages from Exeter 2016 this week. Blossoms taking the stage on May 29th and captured for posterity by BBC Radio 1 (mic malfunction and all).

I originally ran Blossoms several years ago, via the Eurosonic Festival which helped establish them as a band on the rise for 2016 and predictions for a promising future.

Blossoms’ self-titled debut album was one of the twelve LPs nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2017. That same year, they were nominated for British Breakthrough Act at the Brit Awards.

This gig, from a big promotion ahead of the release of their debut album in August (came out right about the time they hit Rumania on their way to Tokyo). The promises of a bright future appear were coming thick and fast.

And rightly so – Blossoms are a good, solid band with a lot to offer and a lot of broad appeal. As I said in my earlier post – they could very easily straddle the Mainstream world just as easily as the Indie world – and there’s nothing wrong with gaining fans and an audience from both.

This concert was introduced by Huw Stephens, who has been a huge supporter of the band since day one. Since the band is from Manchester, it was easy to compare what they’re up to with Madchester of a generation earlier. Still, they had their own thing going, and the comparisons were only in the best way possible.

If you aren’t familiar with Blossoms, it’s time you check them out – and check out their website. A lot of good stuff to be had and another band proving music continues to be in good places, contrary to what you may be hearing.

Crank it up.