Blossoms brought out Declan McKenna at an intimate Manchester gig celebrating 10 years of their debut album, and debuted playful new song ‘Additional Driver’.
The one-off homecoming show was held last night (Wednesday August 5) at the Manchester Deaf Institute, and saw the indie icons celebrate their breakthough 2016 album by playing the tracklist in full.
Recorded live on the night, the audio will released on a live CD edition of their upcoming album ‘Songs From The Wedding Cake‘. That record is due out on October 2 and available to pre-order/pre-save here.
After playing fan favourites like ‘Charlemagne’, ‘At Most a Kiss’ and ‘Getaway’ – as well as the first live rendition of ‘Onto Her Bed’ in a decade – Tom Ogden and co. played deep cuts ‘You Pulled a Gun on Me’, ‘Madeleine’ and ‘Across the Moor’, before breaking out some newer material.
After playing recent single ‘Joke About Divorce‘, Blossoms brought out Declan McKenna for another new track ‘Meet Me In Love’. From there, they debuted a currently unreleased song called ‘Additional Driver’.
McKenna remained on stage for the live debut, which is a lighthearted, tongue in cheek anthem that recalls a car crash.
“Approached the junction at the Apollo/ We’re due to play there a month tomorrow/ Woke up this morning, I was creeping the claw/ I should’ve checked,” Ogden sang in the lively opening verse, going on to take a swipe at the driver of a “Fiat Panda”.
The witty track then built up towards the euphoric chorus, as McKenna belted out “Driving around town in your new car, baby/ What you tryna prove?/ I’m an additional driver, this car’s my wife’s so/ I won’t take this from you.”
The performance also saw Ogden throw in a fitting nod to The Beatles‘ ‘Drive My Car’, encouraging the crowd to sing “Beep-beep’m-beep-beep, yeah”. Check out more footage below, along with the full setlist.
