North London’s most prolific and underrated band, Bombay Bicycle Club, have announced an additional show for their 2014 U.K. headline tour that takes them to Liverpool’s O2 Academy on the 15th March. This stands to be the band’s first major tour in two years and the news comes following an announcement revealing details of their fourth album, So Long, See You Tomorrow, due out on February 3rd 2014 through Island Records. Joining them on their tour is young British singer/songwriter Rae Morris, who’s From Above E.P. was released to critical acclaim and available to purchase now.
The band are well known for their massive live following and critically acclaimed performances which have seen them play major slots at some of the biggest festivals across the world as well as some huge venues including the 10,000 capacity Alexandra Palace last year which sold out well in advance of the show.
The new album looks to break exciting new ground yet again for a band that are effortlessly diversifying and innovating at an astonishing rate. Frontman Jack Steadman found the influences for the album while travelling through India, Turkey and Tokyo as well as the U.K. and the Netherlands; you can really hear the influence of all the different cultures and their native genres among the beautifully crafted songs on this hugely ambitious release.
The album was produced by Jack 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. They called in Mark Rankin (in top form having recently mixed Queens of the Stone Age’s …Like Clockwork and Aluna George ‘Body Music) to help record and mix the album, it also features familiar vocal contribution from Lucy Rose as well as impressive newcomer Rae Morris.
The first single from the new album, Carry Me, is available to download now and is a monumental fists in the air dance anthem that is probably the band’s most daring, explosive and exciting departure yet from their previous work. The band collaborated with award-winning creative company Powster to deliver a world first interactive music video premiere on www.carryme.tv. Viewers are able to control the band’s actions throughout, essentially making them the director while the band performs in time to the music.
A snapshot of Bombay Bicycle Club’s history throws up even more unexpected revelations of a band who have quietly become one of the most successful young British bands of their generation. They released their first album I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose in 2008 and shortly afterwards won the NME New Band Award beating The XX and Mumford & Sons. They followed this up midway through 2010 with ‘Flaws’, which was nominated for an Ivor Novello. Their most recent album, ‘A Different Kind Of Fix’, was released in August 2011 and like its predecessors, went gold seeing the band’s fan base increase exponentially, culminating in various major main stage festival slots including the Reading and Leeds Festival.
Tickets for the newly announced Liverpool show will be on general sale Friday 20th December from 9am at www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk and 24hr cc hotline 0844 811 0051 and 0844 826 2826. Tickets for the remainder of the tour are currently on sale, and are available at the same ticket outlets.