Shows

Sometimes I feel like the historian of bloggers and blogging culture. Bombay Bicycle Club is ancient in blog years: they began their journey to fame in 2007, released three big albums in 2009-2011, and have since fallen off the map. In blog speak, that means they haven’t released something in the past month. It’s ridiculous, I know, that the internet community is so insatiable when it comes to new music from artists. The pressure on these popular artists to come out with new material– coming from management, labels, publicists, dependents– probably builds and builds until, well, it either breaks them mentally (and musically) or works magic.

That was an aside. What I like about the music of this English indie-rock group is three-fold: first, lead vocalist Jack Steadman’s almost-cracking-but-still-under-control-croon, second, Suren de Saram’s upbeat and always-on-tempo drums, and third, the flowspace created by bassist Ed Nash and the guitars. Together, the group makes songs to reflect to– bringing out the angst of our formative years (Ivy & Gold)– and to dance to– bringing out the visceral animals you want to sweat and let things get crazy (Evening / Morning). Finally, the group shows raw musicianship on their cover of Lana Del Ray’s “Video Games.”

Evening / Morning – Bombay Bicycle Club

Ivy & Gold - Bombay Bicycle Club

Video Games (Lana Del Ray Cover) – Bombay Bicycle Club