Verdict: 3 out of 5 stars

THEY are no strangers to the festival circuit, so it's no wonder why Blossoms appear to be such a put-together act.

Taking to the TRNSMT main stage for the third time so far in their career, the Stockport rockers started their set with a bang. 

Glasgow Times: Cinch presents TRNSMT music festival at Glasgow Green. Pictured is Blossoms singer Tom Ogden. Blossoms played the main stage. [Photograph by Colin Mearns]Cinch presents TRNSMT music festival at Glasgow Green. Pictured is Blossoms singer Tom Ogden. Blossoms played the main stage. [Photograph by Colin Mearns]

The indie outfit – comprised of frontman Tom Ogden, bassist Charlie Salt, guitarist Josh Dewhurst, drummer Joe Donovan and keyboardist Myles Kellock – kicked off with the woozy, crowd-pleasing Your Girlfriend.

Glasgow Times: Cinch presents TRNSMT music festival at Glasgow Green. Pictured is Blossoms performing on the main stage. [Photograph by Colin Mearns]Cinch presents TRNSMT music festival at Glasgow Green. Pictured is Blossoms performing on the main stage. [Photograph by Colin Mearns]

The five-piece powered on with well-loved tunes There's a Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls) and I Can't Stand It – the amount of people on shoulders increasing by the minute.

Frontman Tom Ogden soon posed his first question to the crowd, asking, "How are we feeling today Glasgow, are we feeling good?", before launching into smash hit Getaway.

Glasgow Times: Cinch presents TRNSMT music festival at Glasgow Green. Pictured is Blossoms singer Tom Ogden. Blossoms played the main stage. [Photograph by Colin Mearns]Cinch presents TRNSMT music festival at Glasgow Green. Pictured is Blossoms singer Tom Ogden. Blossoms played the main stage. [Photograph by Colin Mearns]

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The Stockport outfit played charming lament My Swimming Brain, followed by piano-led The Keeper, both tunes building as the audience continued to bolster the band, including percussionists and extra guitar players to elevate their performance.

The quintet teased a new song in the introduction to crowd-pleaser Honey Sweet before swooning the crowd with some newer material taken from their latest record.

Glasgow Times: Cinch presents TRNSMT music festival at Glasgow Green. Pictured is Blossoms performing on the main stage. [Photograph by Colin Mearns]Cinch presents TRNSMT music festival at Glasgow Green. Pictured is Blossoms performing on the main stage. [Photograph by Colin Mearns]

The back-to-back offering of Sunday Was a Friend of Mine and the cheery, guitar-driven If You Think This Is Real Life – both featured on 2020 release Foolish Loving Spaces – gave revellers a newfound groove.

New track Care For followed, boasting a melody tinged with a familiar Bee Gees-esque funk – making way for plenty of dancing at the back of the Green.

The bass-driven Oh No (I Think I'm in Love) kept the crowd's sprits in fine form, with Ogden's showmanship shining through as he danced across the stage to a thrilling guitar solo.

Glasgow Times: Cinch presents TRNSMT music festival at Glasgow Green. Pictured is Blossoms singer Tom Ogden. Blossoms played the main stage. [Photograph by Colin Mearns]Cinch presents TRNSMT music festival at Glasgow Green. Pictured is Blossoms singer Tom Ogden. Blossoms played the main stage. [Photograph by Colin Mearns]

"Do you have room for two more songs?," he asked the crowd, obliging them with the upbeat At Most a Kiss and fan favourite Charlemagne.

Despite a bold effort by the Mancunians, especially with their punchy last number, the set fell slightly short of its expectation.

Blossoms are no longer the one-trick, pop-rock pony they were in 2015, but merely venturing into the next phase of their career – a more stylish and well-rounded outfit – even if some aren't completely sold yet.