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Bombay Bicycle Club’s Latest LP Reviewed Through The Medium Of Animal Metaphors
9:45 pm on 13 July, 2010
There were a great number of albums released this week that competed for the much coveted position at the top of this webpage. One of them was Bombay Bicycle Club’s sophomore acoustic record Flaws. Instead of doing a bog standard “First Listen” post today though, we spontaneously decided to write individual track summaries through the medium of animal metaphors. Why? Because we can.
Ivy & Gold – Bombay Bicycle Club
8:00 am on 8 July, 2010
Hometown: Crouch End, London, England
Sounds Like: Joanna Newsom, Laura Marling, Noah and The Whale
Release Date: 5 July 2010
When Bombay Bicycle Club first announced in February 2009 that they were recording an acoustic record our initial reaction was to shoot off of a high pitched scoff.
“They’re too young to pull off this vanity project”, we thought. “This is going to sound like a Mumford and Sons b-sides collection!”
If ever we needed a reason to never again trust our first instincts though, ‘Ivy & Gold’ may well be it. It’s a wondrously tender first single from a sophomore album that threatens to have us eating humble pie until we spawn a litter of beautiful food babies.
Interview: Bombay Bicycle Club, O2 Academy 2 Birmingham – 11/12/09
1:12 pm on 20 January, 2010
Trying to interview Bombay Bicycle Club at times seemed akin to attempting to thaw the Antarctic. Hollowed into a well worn couch at the back of the O2 Academy 2 Birmingham , it takes lead singer Jack Steadman a good portion of our chat to turn his attention away from his packet of Nobbys Nuts to answering our questions with more than a short sentence.
Backed up by guitarist Jamie MacColl and bassist Ed Nash though, the motley three pull together an affable chat to The Counterfit on their debut album, their plans for its follow-up and their forthcoming NME Awards Tour slot.
Bombay Bicycle Club @ Koko London – 19/12/09
7:07 pm on 20 December, 2009
In most ways Bombay Bicycle Club deserve their status as indie’s sleeper success story for the year. With a slot on the forthcoming NME Awards Tour and the added major label backing of Island Records, this London four piece find themselves poised on the precipice of popular recognition come 2010 with this their biggest headline show to date.
The NME Awards Bore 2010
4:44 pm on 10 November, 2009
As any seasoned gig-goer will testify, the NME Awards Tour is usually your one stop shop for all the new musical goodness set to make it big over the year to come. This year’s shindig is looking a tad sparse on innovative produce though with The Maccabees having completed an academy tour only a month ago and the supporting acts already popping up high and low on many an end of year list.
