![]() For Joe, it had a lasting impact on his playing. The Zombies may have been at the front of their mind because Joe and Tom had drawn on them before, covering The Zombies’ “She’s Not There” for a former area band. “I think from the first few shows and the reception from the crowds, we knew it was going to go somewhere,” said Salt. Tom had played together with both Joe and Charlie in a revolving door of small Manchester bands, but the three hadn’t played together before forming Blossoms. That would have been two years ago, in the Manchester suburb of Stockport where Tom and drummer Joe Donovan grew up together. “When we first started the band we knew we wanted to sound a little bit like ‘Time of the Season,’ a bit charming and a bit sexy and a bit dark.” “We like the simplicity of it,” said lead vocalist Tom Ogden. ![]() (Ed., Best New Bands’ interview with Blossoms took place during last month’s SXSW.) It wasn’t a coincidence-before our interview I had been double-checking my suspicion that The Zombies were a primary source for Blossoms’ music. Austin – “Excellent choice,” said Charlie Salt, bass player for Blossoms, when he saw The Zombies playing on my Spotify. ![]()
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