Bombay Bicycle Club 'Worried' That New Album Won't Be As 'Personal' As Previous Records
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Tuesday, 03 April 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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London-based indie rockers Bombay Bicycle Club have confessed that they’re worried about their next album – because they think their success may cause their new material to become ‘less personal’.
The band have become a big name in the indie scene after the success of their second album ‘Flaws’, which was followed-up by last year’s ‘A Different Kind of Fix’, and have been described as a band capable of headlining big festivals in their future by Festival Republic don Melvin Benn. But, while the band appreciate their success, they know it’s added a whole lot more pressure on them to put out a strong new album – and that’s something which worries frontman Jack Steadman.
“As you get bigger and bigger, you get tempted to just try and write stuff that you know will appeal to loads and loads of people,” he told NME. “And then you realise that the music becomes less personal to you, and I get quite worried.
“I just think I'm worrying about it, to be honest. Whatever we do, I don't think anyone things of us as that big arena rock band. We're all just very clumsy and awkward onstage and I think people think it's endearing, because they can picture themselves in the same position. I think people like to see a band that can't really handle it that well.”
He went on to talk about a new track the band had in store, saying: “There's a sense of longing in it, and musically it's very sample based. It's sort of taking off where 'Shuffle' and 'Lights Out, Words Gone' [left off] – it's kind of a cross between those two songs. It's quite mid-tempo. I played it to a lot of people and they said it reminds them of Washed Out.”
You can catch Bombay Bicycle Club on their UK tour April. If you’re a fan and are in need of tickets, check the dates and details below.
Bombay Bicycle Club UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Sun April 15th 2012 - Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Mon April 16th 2012 - The Brighton Centre, Brighton
Tue April 17th 2012 - Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Thu April 19th 2012 - York Barbican Centre, York
Fri April 20th 2012 - Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
Sat April 21st 2012 - Liverpool Su Mountford Hall, Liverpool
Mon April 23rd 2012 - Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
Tue April 24th 2012 - Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth
Wed April 25th 2012 - De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Fri April 27th 2012 - Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
Sat April 28th 2012 - Alexandra Palace, London
Fri August 24th 2012 - Richfield Avenue, Reading
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