On April 29, 2022, “Virgin EMI” label released “Ribbon Around the Bomb”, the fourth Blossoms studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by James Skelly and Rich Turvey.
Personnel:
- Tom Ogden – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, piano
- Josh Dewhurst – acoustic and electric guitar
- Myles Kellock – keyboards
- Charlie Salt – bass, clavinet, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Joe Donovan – drums
- Ian Skelly – percussion
- Ellie Stanford – violin
- Hayley Pomfrett – violin
- Jenny Sacha – violin
- Patrick Kiernan – violin
- Zara Benyounes – violin
- Emma Owens – viola
- Meghan Cassidy – viola
- Rosie Danvers – cello, orchestration
- Fiona Skelly – backing vocals
- Niamh Rowe – backing vocals
- Rich Turvey – engineer
- Nick Taylor – engineer
- Chris Taylor – engineer assistant
- Matthew Watson – engineer assistant
- Nathan Conboy – engineer assistant
- Toby Renwick – engineer assistant
- Will Bennett – engineer assistant
- Craig Silvey – mixing
- Dani Bennett Spragg – mixing assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Tommy D – production assistant
Track listing:
All tracks are written by Tom Ogden, Josh Dewhurst, Charlie Salt, Joe Donovan, and Miles Kellock, except where noted.
- The Writer’s Theme – Tom Ogden, James Skelly
- Ode to NYC
- Ribbon Around the Bomb
- The Sulking Poet
- Born Wild
- The Writer – Tom Ogden
- Everything About You
- Care For
- Cinerama Holy Days
- Edith Machinist
- Visions
- The Last Chapter – Tom Ogden, James Skelly
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