Bombay Bicycle Club is an indie rock band formed in 2005 in Crouch End, London, England. So far they have released 3 studio albums their first being "I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose" in 2009, "Flaws" in 2010, and "A Different Kind Of Fix" which was released on August 26, 2011 everywhere but it was not until January 17, 2012 that it was released in the U.S. All of their albums have been released off of Island records, except for the U.S. edition of "A Different Find Of Fix" which was released off of A&M/Octane Records. The band consists of Suren de Saram on drums, Jamie MacColl on guitar, Ed Nash on bass, and Jack Steadman on vocals. The album has 12 tracks totaling around 50 minutes, a relatively long album. This band is for fans of bands like Death Cab For Cutie, Bon Iver, City & Colour, Portugal. The Man, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. The album has the most relaxing feel to it, almost as if you are floating. The lyrics are extremely heart-felt and meaningful. Albums like this are very hard to review because of the pure simplicity of the album, where most of the songs have the same soothing feel to it. I have listened to this album a number of times and really focused on the music, and decided that an appropriate rating for this album is a
4.0 Out Of 5 Stars
because of the fact that although I do really like the CD, it is not something I would find myself listening to on a regular basis or singing along to. The album had almost this feel that the music background to a movie or TV show drama would have. Their were a few stand out tracks on this album I thought such as "Bad Timing" which had an almost alt rock feel to it at some points, and the single "Lights Out, Words Gone" which not only had a great melody but also amazing female backing vocals over really meaningful lyrics. The other main single off of the album "Shuffle" is one of the most fast paced and catchy songs on the whole album. If you were only going to download/listen to one song just to get the feel for the band and the album it should be the opening track "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep" because I think it is the most relaxing song on the CD and I think that is Bombay Bicycle Club's most redeeming quality. I was not the only person who enjoyed their album because it received amazing praise along with peaking at #6 on the UK 200, and it is even certified Gold in the UK, along with all of their albums. If you guys liked "A Different Kind Of Fix" as much as I did, tell me about in the comments and make sure to support the band by going to your local record store to pick up their music, or do what I did and order it off of Amazon.com. That's all for now so until next time,
STAY ALTERNATIVE!
4.0 Out Of 5 Stars
because of the fact that although I do really like the CD, it is not something I would find myself listening to on a regular basis or singing along to. The album had almost this feel that the music background to a movie or TV show drama would have. Their were a few stand out tracks on this album I thought such as "Bad Timing" which had an almost alt rock feel to it at some points, and the single "Lights Out, Words Gone" which not only had a great melody but also amazing female backing vocals over really meaningful lyrics. The other main single off of the album "Shuffle" is one of the most fast paced and catchy songs on the whole album. If you were only going to download/listen to one song just to get the feel for the band and the album it should be the opening track "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep" because I think it is the most relaxing song on the CD and I think that is Bombay Bicycle Club's most redeeming quality. I was not the only person who enjoyed their album because it received amazing praise along with peaking at #6 on the UK 200, and it is even certified Gold in the UK, along with all of their albums. If you guys liked "A Different Kind Of Fix" as much as I did, tell me about in the comments and make sure to support the band by going to your local record store to pick up their music, or do what I did and order it off of Amazon.com. That's all for now so until next time,
STAY ALTERNATIVE!
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