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Bombay Bicycle Club New album ‘So Long, See You Tomorrow’ out Feb 7th

This week Bombay Bicycle Club gave fans a taster of what they can expect from their much-anticipated new record. The band unveiled ‘It’s Alright Now’, their second song (available to download now on iTunes) from the forthcoming album So Long, See You Tomorrow out February 7th

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This week Bombay Bicycle Club gave fans a taster of what they can expect from their much-anticipated new record. The band unveiled ‘It’s Alright Now’, their second song (available to download now on iTunes) from the forthcoming album So Long, See You Tomorrow out February 7th. The song had an exclusive first play by Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1 and its lyric video premiered on Noisey here.

 Bombay fans will get ‘It’s Alright Now’ and ‘Carry Me’ as instantly downloadable tracks when they pre-order the band’s new album from today. ‘Carry Me’ has now had over 625,000 views through various online video platforms, with viewers spending an average of 8 minutes and 17 seconds on the fully interactive video you can watch here.

‘It’s Alright Now’ opens with a melancholic looped electronic chiming that marks a distinctive transition in sound for a band that are better known for their indie rock credentials. The song style is probably the closest of the tracks to the band’s previous album A Different Kind Of Fix but gives us a glimpse of the more experimental melodic electronica and looped samples the new record has to offer.

The album was produced by Jack Steadman in the band’s studio in London, making it their most personal record to date. There was always purpose from the beginning to bring everything together for this album, to tell a story from the first track through to the finale with everything interconnecting as a complete body of work. ‘The whole creation process was a really honest one. Jack’s not afraid of us saying a part or lyric doesn’t work so we were able to all be very involved at every level’ says guitarist Jamie MacColl. They called in Mark Rankin (in top form having recently mixed QOTSA …Like Clockwork and Aluna George Body Music) to help record and mix the album. The album also features familiar vocal contribution from Lucy Rose as well as impressive newcomer Rae Morris.

The straightforward guitar patterns have gone out the window and in their place a juxtaposition of tough, offbeat rhythms with shimmering keys, techno blips as well as Bollywood movie samples over exotic instruments like the marimba (played by drummer and percussionist Suren de Saram). It is a record that is almost impossible to categorize and without doubt a defining record for a band that are not even halfway through their twenties.

So Long, See You Tomorrow is out February 7th 2014

 

 

 

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