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More specifically, their soundtracks, as in a recent chat with the Blossoms boys, we found out that their upcoming album was at least partly influenced by a beloved PlayStation 2 classic from 2006.<\/strong><\/p>\n This is just more proof that you really can find inspiration in just about anything.<\/p>\n Yes, even if only in part, an old video game that many of you may have played back in the day is somehow connected to the latest and technically still yet to be announced release.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve heard of groups such as The 1975 trying to make an album that sounds \u201cas if John Hughes had directed a movie about our lives\u201d, and Red Rum Club<\/a><\/strong> leaning further into the growing Western aesthetic with almost every outing, but we never thought we\u2019d hear of a record born out of a love for Bully<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n\n The lads actually touched on that whole \u2018still TBC\u2019 when we spoke to them at their studio in Stockport, joking not just about divorce but how they\u2019re baffled by the whole \u2018are they working on new music?\u2019 speculation in the media. \u201cWell, yeah, we\u2019re a band \u2013 that\u2019s what we do for a living\u201d, as they put it.<\/p>\n But back to the point at hand: lead guitarist Dewhurt\u2019s affection for Bully<\/em>, a cult favourite PS2 title released by Rockstar Games \u2013 the same people behind Grand Theft Auto<\/em> (GTA<\/em>) and Red Dead Redemption<\/em> \u2013 and the score behind it, essentially served as a seed for the feel of their newest work.<\/p>\n As he explained above, before being expanded on by frontman and primary lyricist Tom Odgen, they were fortunate enough to be in possession of the details for one half of a duo they both admire: Young Gun Silver Fox<\/a><\/strong>, a.k.a. British artist Andy Platts and US multi-talented instrumentalist, Shawn Lee.<\/p>\n Lee also just so happens to be the composer of the original Bully<\/em> video game soundtrack.<\/p>\n Ultimately, this all came about because Josh contacted him over email simply to praise the game\u2019s music (sure, when he was a teenager, we promise), and only took them until the last year or so to put two and two together. Small world, eh?<\/p>\n