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This Bombay Bicycle Club interview was originally published in Issue 14 of DrunkenWerewolf Magazine, March 2014. Today is the last day of press for Bombay Bicycle Club’s new album So Long, See You Tomorrow. Guitarist Jamie MacColl is understandably ready to get going. Produced by vocalist Jack Steadman, the media has already described the much anticipated full length as the band’s most personal to date, compared to previous albums I Had the Blues but I Shook Them Loose, Flaws and A Different Kind of Fix. In the past, initial singles from each album have been representative of the album’s general sound. For instance, the gentle and melodic “Flaws” from the acoustic album of the same name; and “How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep” from the exciting fusion of indie pop on A Different Kind of Fix. However MacColl describes “Carry Me”, So Long, See You Tomorrow’s first offering, as “quite a strange choice to have as the first single” as it’s “vastly different” and “not very representative of the album”. Despite that, the single contains much of the electronic influence felt throughout the record. For MacColl, the main motivation for releasing “Carry Me” as the first single was that he would “rather go with something that’s different and divisive”. Accordingly, the song’s a lot more “in-your-face” than the rest of the album. With Bombay Bicycle Club’s previous releases containing strong elements of indie-rock, the new album sees the band taking a step in the opposite direction. It’s their debut that sets the indie-rock flame alight, with the influence dwindling over time. Listen to the band chronologically, and you’ll realise Bombay Bicycle Club have in fact been heading in this electronic direction for some time, despite the seemingly vast differences between current and early work. MacColl explains: “I think as we’ve got older, we’ve become more sure of ourselves, and a lot better!” Because of this, MacColl feels they were a lot more “direct” when approaching So Long, See You Tomorrow and their vision. That makes it their most confident sounding album to date. As eagerly noted by the press, the album has a prevalent Bollywood influence alongside the overarching pop sound. This was undoubtedly caused by Steadman’s travels to various countries, including India, at the time of writing the album. However, MacColl explains that “a lot of the crucial songs were written in London”. This element of centrality is down to the fact that the band felt, in order “to make the best record possible it would have to be done that way. We wouldn’t have any outside influence, it would just be us.” The band drew upon personal experiences for the album, with a “self-belief” in their own creativity, in order to develop a new and exciting sound. The lack of new and outside influences further adds to the directness of So Long, See You Tomorrow. Bombay Bicycle Club’s creativity has been apparent throughout their musical career, with the band constantly pushing for a new sound. MacColl describes how this is “not ever a conscious decision, [it’s] a bit of youthful enthusiasm and boredom a lot of the time. I don’t understand bands that want to make the same album over and over again. You’d get so bored of it. First and foremost, you need to be excited about a release. You need to like it. Everything after that is a bonus really, in some ways.” Despite the variation between releases, each of Bombay Bicycle Club’s albums show a huge range of skill and innovation, implying why some of their older tracks are still considered to be favourites by their loyal fans. MacColl says they’re conscious of this when they play live. However, like a lot of bands in their position, they do get bored of playing old material. “Our first album was very much about being a teenager growing up,” say MacColl. “That’s why a lot of people connected with it. At the same time, for us, playing those songs now, we feel quite emotionally removed from them. Songs like that don’t necessarily work and unless they’re being played and sung with the same feeling with which they were first written.” In a sense, the bands’ experiences galvanise their music. Playing old songs before their new ones in a live capacity is in effect attempting to relive those former feelings, and can a lot of the time, for them at least, feel a little forced. However this doesn’t mean that Bombay Bicycle Club will continuously move from genre to genre, abandoning their previous sound. Instead it looks likely they’ll absorb them into a new and refreshed style. On the flip side, a lot of musicians might consciously avoid particular genres, but that’s not so with Bombay Bicycle Club. Talking about Bollywood’s influence on the album, Jamie described the genre as “timeless pop music. If you ever go to India, it’s hard to find a place where you’ll see so many people dancing and singing. You’re surrounded by music. I don’t think there’s anything we’d avoid, but I can’t see us moving into death metal!” This open mindedness reflects in their live performances, with the use of a lot of different formats in creating music. When they supported Blur at Hyde Park during the Olympics, Jack Steadman and company integrated electronic samples into their set. Although in this case the technique was amplified, their performances always contain this kind of experimentation. Jamie recalls: “I think our first album in particular is quite tame compared to how the songs actually sound live. At that point, we were kind of a rock band almost, with the exception of “Always Like This”.” Gradually Bombay Bicycle Club have moved away from this kind of performance, and as described, incorporated a lot more samples and keyboard into their live performances. This creates a sense of consistency between releases and live shows. Because of this, the band have chosen to avoid particular songs in order to keep their forthcoming shows consistent. For instance, Jamie advises they won’t “play any of the songs from the acoustic album” for their next tour in March, because “the songs sound so out of place. They need to work in the context of the gig. We’ll do gigs in America where the acoustic album didn’t come out, and when we play songs from it there, people are just utterly bemused!” With an increasingly large fan base, Bombay Bicycle Club have a constant stream of gigs coming up, and a heavy touring schedule pickles the last ten years of the band’s history. With such variation in their music, they’ve noticed different reactions to different sounds, country-to-country. “I think that in the UK,” MacColl explains, “the first album’s always been our most popular album, and “Always Like This” is probably our most popular song. The last album [A Different Kind of Fix] was very popular in America and “Shuffle” was the big song of the set, so it does vary.” Bombay Bicycle Club’s British fans have clearly always loved their debut album, and they feel that since then it’s become a challenge to recreate the same excitement for their new material. MacColl describes this as a “trap that a lot of bands have fallen into”, but by becoming more direct and confident in their approach to releasing new music, they’ve overcome such difficulties with a sense of self-belief. Additionally, with their new sound, they’re looking to create some new fans, by touring in some different places. MacColl enthuses: “I’d really like to go to India because I think there’s a natural link there, with the album. Even with the band name, I think people would be intrigued. We’ve still not gigged in Africa; I’d really like to go there [too].” When asked if he thinks these places are accessible enough for the band, he responds: “I imagine we’ll play South Africa. They also have the Lake of Stars festival in Malawi, which I’d really like to try and play.” With touring comes culture, and consequently it wouldn’t come as a shock if the band were to absorb some more unique Eastern influences into their sound, further culturally diversifying their music and increasing their accessibility even more so. Luckily for Bombay Bicycle Club and as Jamie points out, having released their fourth album they no longer feel pressure to pacify their fans, especially as their second album was rather antagonistically an acoustic one. Discussing their European tour, Jamie expressed his excitement to gig with “lovely” Rae Morris, who features on the album, alongside a band called Flyte. Working with a female vocalist is something the band have explored in the past, with Lucy Rose featuring on Flaws. The band also toured with Lucy following the release of A Different Kind of Fix. When asked if Bombay Bicycle Club would ever consider bringing in a permanent female vocalist to join the band, Jamie admits that, “probably not. I see it as more of a collective anyway. Anyone’s welcome to come and work on the albums. It would change the dynamic a lot to have someone completely new in, I think, as a proper member of the band. We’re all very chilled and there’s not that much ego flying around. I wouldn’t want to upset that by bringing a diva in!” With an increasing amount of fans, it’s humbling to see the band eager to remain grounded. However, with regards to additional vocals, MacColl explains: “Jack likes writing parts for female vocalists. I think pop music is a lot of the time better sung by women. We may end up doing a song with no male voice on it!” In this sense their experimentation with different vocalists is more of a production choice than a band choice. With Jack becoming increasingly involved with the production process of the music, it’s unsurprising that the band want to explore various different choices when putting together a song. However they still intend to firmly stamp their work with ‘made by Bombay Bicycle Club’. Although their style’s constantly evolving, the essence of what they bring to the music scene remains the same – an exciting and challenging new sound.
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Osvojite CD Bombay Bicycle Cluba INmusic i Metro portal poklanjaju vam novi CD grupe Bombay Bicycle Cluba So Long, See You Tomorrow. Sve što trebate napraviti je točno odgovoriti na nagradno pitanje i možda će CD biti baš vaš. Dobitnika ćemo objaviti u petak, 16. svibnja u 14 sati. Dobitnica je Tanja Popović Bombay Bicycle Club čine Jack Steadman, Jamie MacColl, Suren de Saram i Ed Nash. Odrasli su u sjevernom Londonu, a ugovor s izdavačkom kućom Island potpisali su već sa 18 godina, tako da je već 2009. godine njihov debi album "I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose" ugledao svijetlo dana. Isti je pokupio hvalospjeve glazbene kritike poput NME-a, Uncuta i drugih. Drugi album "Flaws" izdali su godinu dana kasnije, 2010. godine, neočekivano promijenili glazbeni smjer, uključivši folk, akustiku i pjevne melodijske linije. Ostvario je nevjerojatan uspjeh i nominiran je za Ivor Novello nagradu za najbolji album. Treći album "A Different Kind of Fix" začinili su još sa malo sofisticiranih ritmova i indie-rock gitarskim rifovima. Posljednji album "" iz 2014. godine remiksirao je Mark Rankin koji je za isto bio zadužen i na posljednjem albumu grupe Queens of the Stone Age koju ćemo također gledati 10. lipnja u Zagrebu u organizaciji INmusic festivala. Osim na pozornici INmusica, ovaj sastav zasvirat će i na brojnim velikim svjetskim glazbenim festivalima kao što su Southside, Rock Werchter, T in the Park, Fuji Rock, Reading i Leeds itd. Nagradno pitanje INmusic se tradicionalno održava na ... Dragi čitatelju/čitateljice - samo registrirani čitatelji mogu sudjelovati! Molimo prijavite se ili registrirajte na portalu s ispravnim podacima o adresi i e-mailu, kako bismo u slučaju da ste dobitnik/ca, Vaš poklon ili obavijest o mjestu preuzimanja poklona mogli poslati na pravu adresu. Zahvaljujemo!