Edwin Burdis: Last News

Blossoms have announced details of an extensive UK and Ireland tour for November and December 2022 - with tickets on sale from 9am on Friday August 5.

Working Men’s Club have today (May 31) shared a new single – check out ‘Ploys’ below.The song is taken from their recently announced second album, ‘Fear Fear’, and follows on from the previously released tracks, ‘Widow‘ and ‘Circumference‘.The band’s self-titled debut album came out in 2020, and they announced last September that its follow-up was finished.‘Fear Fear’ will come out on July 15 via Heavenly, and frontman Syd Minsky-Sargeant discussed its creation and themes in a statement, saying: “The first album was mostly a personal documentation lyrically, this is a blur between personal and a third-person perspective of what was going on.“I like the contrast of it being happy, uplifting music and really dark lyrics,” he added. “It’s not a minimal record, certainly compared to the first one.

Blossoms have shared a special version of ‘Everything About You’ from their new film Ribbon Around The Bomb – watch below.Directed by Edwin Burdis (who worked with Arctic Monkeys on the visuals for ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’ and ‘AM’), the project serves as a companion piece to the Stockport band’s fourth album of the same name.Tomorrow (May 3) Blossoms will air Ribbon Around The Bomb film at Stockport Plaza Theatre in their hometown before performing their new record in its entirety. Ahead of the event, the group have today (May 2) offered a preview in the form of ‘Everything About You’.In the clip, frontman Tom Odgen sits alone in Stockport Plaza as we hear a stripped-back acoustic take on the aforementioned song.

Blossoms have announced details of a new film based around their upcoming ‘Ribbon Around The Bomb’, and a premiere event where they’ll perform live.The Stockport five-piece’s fourth album is set for release on April 29, and has been previewed by the singles ‘The Sulking Poet’, ‘Ode To NYC’, ‘Care For’ and its title track.On May 3, the week after the album’s release, the band will head home to Stockport’s Plaza Theatre for the premiere of a new film, also called Ribbon Around The Bomb and directed by Arctic Monkeys‘ Creative Director, Edwin Burdis, who worked on the band’s ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’ and ‘AM’ albums, as well as the videos for Blossoms’ new album campaign.Following the film premiere, Blossoms will play the new album in full. Tickets for the show and premiere are on sale from 10am BST on Thursday (April 7) here.Watch a trailer for Ribbon Around The Bomb below.Speaking of the new film, Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden said: “We created a script for this film so that we could rip it up…It was an absolute pleasure to collaborate with Blossoms and such diversely talented practitioners and performers on this project.“The Stockport Plaza was a joy to work in and it very much became an unexpected central character of the piece.

Blossoms have today (March 24) shared their new single, ‘The Sulking Poet’ – listen below.The band teased the single earlier this week, saying that it “sounds like Dire Straits, George Michael and Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel”.Frontman Tom Ogden took to a video he posted on Twitter to share details of the track yesterday (March 23) before posting footage of the band performing the song in the studio.Check out the video for the song – directed by Edwin Burdis, creative director for the Arctic Monkeys – below:Speaking about ‘The Sulking Poet’, Ogden said: “I once saw a Blossoms fan page describe me as ‘The Sulking Poet’ and I thought that was a great name for a song.“I have been told that I need to smile more from time to time. This song touches on the imposter syndrome I’ve sometimes felt in the past.

Blossoms have today (January 25) unveiled details of their new album, ‘Ribbon Around The Bomb’ – you can listen to the album’s title track below.It will be the Stockport five-pieces fifth album and is set for release on April 29.Blossoms have today announced their brand-new, fourth studio album Ribbon Around The Bomb, which is set for release on the 29th April.Speaking about the new album and single, the group’s Tom Ogden says: “While on tour in 2019 in Mexico, I visited Frida Kahlo’s house. Looking at her paintings on show, someone had described one of them as being like a ‘ribbon around a bomb’.“I immediately thought that it was a great title for a song and album because of the imagery that it evoked in my mind.

The Coral have shared the latest taste of their forthcoming 10th album ‘Coral Island’, in the form of new psychedelic pop track ‘Vacancy’.You can watch a lyric video for the organ-led new single below, which is the third taste of the Wirral band’s upcoming double album, which is released on April 30.“We boarded a ghost train with T. S.

Blossoms have unveiled a new, animated short film, Christmas Eve (Soul Purpose). You can watch it below.Released yesterday (December 11), the short film was created by Edwin Burdis and animated by Astrid Goldsmith of Mock Duck Studios.As well as vocal appearances from Blossoms, the film also includes appearances from Manchester musician Rowetta and comedian Lloyd Griffith. Writing on Twitter, Rowetta said: “Really enjoyed being a part of the gorgeous Blossoms’ short film.”Back in November, Blossoms released a double A-side, ‘Christmas Eve (Soul Purpose)’/’It’s Going To Be A Cold Winter’.