Blossoms (album)

[1] Reviewing for AllMusic, Neil Z. Yeung comments, "Blossoms' self-titled first effort sounds less like a debut and more like a greatest-hits album from a veteran group.

Years in the making, Blossoms is indeed a compilation of sorts, culling eight of twelve songs from the Stockport band's multiple EPs, which were released as early as 2013.

"[2] Reviewing for The Daily Telegraph, Neil McCormick comments, "Of course, a little nonsense never bothered Blossoms’ Manchester idols Stone Roses or Oasis, but they carried the spirit of the times into their anthemic singalongs.

It is as if Blossoms are so intent on being heard in an environment hostile to guitars, they’ve lost sight of the kind of deeper convictions that actually sets a great rock band apart from the pop hordes.

Which is a problem, especially when they involve such sparkling melodies and seemingly blue-chip hooks as the lovely “Charlemagne” and “At Most A Kiss”, the former's nimbly scuttling guitar effortlessly balanced by the latter's lollopy, rolling boogie.

Wreathed in mellotron, vibrato guitar and ghostly backing vocals, several songs evoke the windswept psych-pop of The Coral, whose singer James Skelly co-produces Blossoms.

"[3] Reviewing for NME, Mark Beaumont comments, "Enter Stockport five-piece Blossoms – this year's biggest guitar-pop shooting stars, named after a pub and looking like snake-hipped garage rockers from the wrong side of Scarysex Central – occasionally sounding like Ellie Goulding.

All tracks are written by Tom Ogden, Josh Dewhurst, Charlie Salt, Joe Donovan & Myles KellockCredits adapted from the Blossoms liner notes.