“When it’s not enjoying an imperial phase, guitar music does well to cosy up to pop. So, in 2016, Catfish do pop with a Liam Gallagher snarl. [a]The 1975[/a] do pop with [a]Tame Impala[/a]’s breadth. [a]Bastille[/a], meanwhile, just do straight-up pop. Enter Stockport five-piece Blossoms – this year’s biggest guitar-pop shooting stars, named after a pub and looking like snake-hipped garage rockers ”
