Up To Speed With Bombay Bicycle Club

"Ha ha, ha, we seriously thought those were tic tacs, dude, ha ha ha ha..."

The Bombay Bicycle Club may be made up of 18 year olds, but their music is mature well beyond their years. These Londoners just finished a 23 date UK tour where they have established a rep as a terrific live band. Last year, England's music bible, NME, described them "as the hottest band to come from North London for quite some time", but their 2007 EP's were mostly overlooked here in the States. The second EP How We Are was recorded at Konk Studios where the Kooks recorded (and named) their last CD. With the August 4th EP release Evening/Morning featuring a great single of the same name, they are beginning to get more attention here.

Bombay Bicycle Club reminds me of the "wow factor" I felt when I first heard the Strokes Is This It. At times, I can also hear the influences of the Pixies, Sex Pistols and Kings of Leon especially on the track "Open House", which has a similar chord structure to the King's "Taper Jean Girl".  Jack Steadman sounds like a young Conor Oberst with even more quiver in his voice. The rest of the band members are Jamie MacColl on guitar, Ed Nash on bass, and Suren de Saram on drums.

It's a good bet that when these guys produce a full length album, they may finally break it big here.  In the meantime, check out the new single and these songs from their EP's:

Evening/Morning from Evening/Morning

Ghost from How We Are

Open House from The Boy I Used To Be

Also, here's the video for the single:

Enjoy, GB