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.
Nash: Seeing someone take a photo on an iPad always makes my day. I find it hilarious that as technology gets more advanced and cameras more discreet that people are opting for what is effectively a book with a bad camera in it to take a photo. It’s the least practical thing I have ever seen. It’s especially amusing at our shows. I feel incredibly sorry for the rows of people that are forced to watch a grainy feed of what is happening for real just in front of them.
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