Album and Tour Revealed

A Disco-Leaning Single Born in the Lake District

Meet Me In Love started on a songwriting trip to the Lake District with collaborators Natalie Findlay and Jules Apollinaire. Frontman Tom Ogden said the track began with "a simple two-chord disco groove" that quickly "fell into place." Declan McKenna sings backing vocals, and the pair also share a full collaboration elsewhere on the record, according to Hello Rayo.

The music video was shot on 16mm film at Chad's Theatre in Stockport. Ogden directed it himself and called it "a love letter to old Hollywood, 70s disco glamour and classic Top of the Pops performances." TV presenter Maya Jama and It's a Sin actor Callum Scott Howells star in it, SOS Music reported.

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The Wedding Cake Title Comes From Stockport's Town Hall

The album's title is rooted in Blossoms' hometown. "The Wedding Cake" is a local nickname for Stockport Town Hall, a Victorian building with a white tiered clock tower. Tom Ogden got married there. The record is framed as a collection of everyday moments seen through an "extraordinary lens," Indie Is Not A Genre reported.

An album trailer dropped on June 15 featuring The Inbetweeners actor James Buckley. The official announcement followed on June 18. Earlier this year the band had already released a first single, Joke About Divorce, to mark the start of the new album era, Hello Rayo noted.

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Live-to-Tape Recording Kept the Demo's Raw Feel

The album was recorded at Tilehouse Studios and produced by Shawn Lee. Ogden said the band finished it by "tracking live to tape" — meaning everything was captured in real time on analog equipment rather than pieced together digitally. That approach helped the original demo of Meet Me In Love survive largely intact onto the final record, according to SOS Music.

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Arena Tour Marks a Career High for the Stockport Band

The 2026 dates are the band's largest headline run ever. Co-op Live in Manchester holds 23,500 people. Alexandra Palace in London holds around 10,400. Wrexham indie band The Royston Club will support on all dates, Doncaster Free Press reported.

For a band that started in small Stockport pubs, headlining Co-op Live is a significant milestone. Pre-ordering the album at blossomsband.co.uk unlocks the fan pre-sale on June 24 at 9:30am. General tickets go on sale two days later at the same time, Indie Is Not A Genre confirmed.

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