Named after their local restaurant chain, Bombay Bicycle Club fittingly serve up a deliciously energetic debut album with a number of tracks ripe for picking this summer season.
Fans of the band will have heard much of the album already as a host of songs have already featured on the North London foursome’s previous EP’s, although, The Hill, among others have been slightly reworked.
The awkward and gawky looking teenagers provide excellent, catchy opening riffs, at times stomping, as with What If and on other occasions, enchanting on the likes of Lamplight.
The songs all do follow a similar structure with the middle sections hyper enough for a beer spilling, jumping session, the requirement of any good indie gig.
First single, Always Like This has a hip swaggering, Hawaiian tinge to it, perfect for festival season. Other highlights include, deep and bass heavy, Dust On the Ground, The Hill and Evening/Morning, which builds into a sharp almost robotic sounding attack from lead singer, Jack Steadman’s, shaky, shivering vocals .
In truth there is a barely a moment where the album disappoints and it is difficult to see how I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose doesn’t deserve a Michelin Star.
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