Bombay Bicycle Club is a very unique—and uniquely complex—pop group. A series of three albums over as many years, supplemented by a handful of singles and EPs, brought BBC a slow rumble of appreciation in its native England. By rights, the band’s fourth album ought to be the one that brings it the recognition that’s so far eluded it in the U.S., because So Long, See You Tomorrow (Vagrant) is, even on first listen, an LP that announces a sea change in a group’s approach, in the vein of Revolver or Pet Sounds. That’s high praise, but So Long is, among other things, the most sonically complex of all the band’s records. BBC—guitarist/vocalist Jack Steadman, guitarist Jamie MacColl, drummer Suren de Saram and bassist Ed Nash—will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new feature on the band.
MacColl: A weekly discussion on BBC Radio 4, this should be required listening for anyone who wants to learn about the world we live in and how we got here. The programmes roam eclectically, one week examining Freud, the next the neutrino. I think it’s a great triumph is its ability to make high-minded, almost infinitely complicated subjects relatable and comprehensible. Fortunately every episode is archived online here.
Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1rXNchgqi8
