Episode 119 - Blossoms

Sodajerker On Songwriting

Sodajerker

Music, Music Interviews

4.8 • 912 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Tom Ogden, Joe Donovan and Charlie Salt of Stockport's own Blossoms talk about the writing of their second album Cool Like You, including songs like 'I Can't Stand It', 'Unfaithful', 'There's A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)', 'How Long Will This Last' and 'Stranger Still'. The band reflect on the role of synthesisers on this record, how the group dynamic imbues the songs with specific qualities, and their relationship with producer and mentor James Skelly.

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0:00.0	And the Welcome everyone to episode 119 of Soda Jerker on Songwriting.
0:23.3	Joining us today is a Brit Award and Mercury Prize nominated band
0:26.9	hailing from the northwest of England, whose second album, The Shimmering Cool Like
0:30.8	You, was released in April of this year. We're delighted to welcome the brilliant blossoms to the show.
0:36.4	We recently caught up with frontman and principal songwriter Tom Ogden drummer Joe Donovan and bassist Charlie Salt backstage at the Invisible Wind Factory
0:44.7	just outside Liverpool City Centre where Blossoms were performing that night and they were a
0:49.3	really nice and engaging bunch of ads weren't they?
0:51.3	Yeah it was a pleasure to meet them.
0:52.9	We got to say hi to the whole band, didn't we?
0:54.5	Although I think Miles left just before the interview
0:56.5	to go back to the hotel, didn't he?
0:58.2	He did, and I missed the chance to be in the photo with us,
1:00.7	which I'm sure will haunt him to the grave. Also, I think it was the first time we had. the photo
1:03.4	which I'm sure will haunt him to the grave.
1:02.6	Also I think it was the first time we had to stand our mics on top of
1:06.2	below for Warbertsons and a multi-pack of Coca-Cola.
1:08.8	Yeah, I think someone had done a Friday big shop before we got there,
1:11.8	so the dressing room table was groaning under various foodstuffs.
1:15.2	But hey you've got to be adaptable in this podcasting game right? That's the rock and roll rider for you.
1:20.0	Mm-hmm. Blossoms was formed in stockport just outside Manchester England in 2013
1:24.8	with lead guitarist Josh Dewhurst and keyboardist Miles Kellogg completing the lineup.
1:29.5	Apparently all of the band members were born in the same Stockport Hospital, stepping hill to be exact,
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