Band from Stockport whose self-titled debut album was one of the twelve albums nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2017 (8)
I believe the answer is:
blossoms
(Other definitions for blossoms that I've seen before include "Develops nicely like flowers" , "Puts forth flowers" , "Flourishes like flowers from fruit tree (8)" , "Flowers, especially of fruit trees" , "Blooms" .)