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Their London show was moved to a bigger venue, which then still sold out. Guest list is tight and +1s are strict. The room is full from the front of the stage to the exit doors at the back. Stockport band Blossoms have all the indicators of a band that’s about to blow up.
In the last week alone, both The Guardian and NME have tipped them for bigger and better things. It’s pretty easy to see why. Their melodic, pysch-tinged sound has all the hallmarks of yesteryear nostalgia rock with a nowness that seems more authentic than the swathes of band trying to re-create past formulas for success.
Watch Blossoms perform 'Charlemagne' for Gigwise below
The audience is drunk, both figuratively and literally, on Christmas spirit, and engaged with the five-piece from the second they enter the stage. Opening with the jangly indie-pop of ‘Cut Me and I’ll Bleed’, Blossoms play to a crowd invested from start to finish.
The band are versatile. From the slowed-down ‘Across the Moor’, which they play for the first time live tonight, to a short cover rendition of ‘Last Chirstmas’, every song is delivered with a confidence and conviction which sounds even better live than the two EPs they’ve released to date.
By the time they finish on singles ‘Charlemange’ and ‘Blow’, Hackney’s relatively small Oslo venue is almost too small to hold them. We can only hope that 2016, and the hopeful release of a debut album, will see Blossoms get the wider recognition they deserve.
