Blossoms' frontman Tom Ogden on 'imposter syndrome' as band launch fourth album

If you notice more than the usual buzz in the Northern Quarter this bank holiday weekend, it may have something to do with Blossoms. The Stockport band are back with their fourth studio album released this weekend, and to celebrate have booked out the NQ's iconic Band on the Wall venue for two intimate back-to-back shows on Saturday that have fans at fever pitch.

The band's frontman Tom Ogden says it feels good to be getting back out on the road and meeting those fans' eyeballs again after a forced two year hiatus through the coronavirus lockdowns. It gave the band the chance to record their new album, Ribbon Around The Bomb, which they're ready to perform live and to celebrate.

It comes at the start of what is set to be a hectic summer for Blossoms - Tom, Charlie Salt, Joe Donovan, Myles Kellock and Josh Dewhurst - with headline festival appearances across May, June and July. Tom beams: "You have months and months of doing only bits and bits and bobs, and then bang it all happens.

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"But it's nice. Especially four albums in, it's nice to still have that buzz around it all. We always like to do nice intimate shows around the album launch, to give the hardcore fans that chance to celebrate with us. The Band on the Wall shows will be a real mix of songs though, some from the new album as well as a bit of a Blossoms' greatest hits."

The new album sees Tom "dig a little deeper" having had the time in lockdown to reflect on the rise of band. He says: "Those first few years were a bit of a blur, it was only in lockdown we had time to reflect and especially around 2019 I felt that imposter syndrome, I started over-analysing everything in the shows,