British rock band BLOSSOMS have shared a music video for the song "Ode To NYC", two months ahead of the release of their new album.
Ahead of the release of BLOSSOMS' album 'Ribbon Around The Bomb' (29 April), the British alternative band have shared the project's latest single 'Ode To NYC'. The clip was directed by Edwin Berdis and its subject matter is reminiscent of the graffiti and other forms of art that still adorn the city of New York.
Speaking about the song itself, the BLOSSOMS frontman shared, "'Ode To NYC' is a love letter to my favourite city and I imagine running through it with my wife. It also feels like a love letter to her. "I'm enjoying West 56th Street, we're going to go sing Sinatra" refers to watching a tribute at the Carnegie Club, which is on West 56th Street. This club is like something out of a Scorsese film.
The band will perform at Irving Plaza on 16 August, as part of one of two North American tours announced in conjunction with the release of "Ode To NYC". On August 18, BLOSSOMS will take the stage at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. Tickets are on sale now at the official BLOSSOMS website.
Whilst on tour in Mexico in 2019, I visited Frida Kahlo's home. Looking at her paintings on display, someone described one of them as "a ribbon around a bomb". I immediately thought it was a great title for the song and album because of the images it conjured up in my head," Ogden explained of the project's title. I thought about how many things in life can be described as a ribbon around a bomb in the sense that we humans often dress things up with darkness underneath.