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Bombay Bicycle ClubShuffle
The band were asked to play the opening performance of 2006's V
Festival after winning Channel 4's "Road to V" competition.
Following the release of two EPs and their debut single "Evening/Morning",
the band recorded their debut album, I Had the Blues But I Shook
Them Loose. The album was released on 6 July 2009. Steadman, MacColl, Nash and de Saram were 15 when they started playing under the name The Canals and switched between various aliases until they picked Bombay Bicycle Club, named after a chain of Indian restaurants in London. The line-up changed regularly until summer 2006, when Nash joined the band. They played gigs at school and at small London venues such as The Old Blue Last, Lark in the Park and Jacksons Lane. The band were entered into Virgin Mobile's "Road to V"
competition on Channel 4 in 2006.[1] They were announced as one
of two winners of the competition on 16 August 2006, beating competition
from fellow London band - and favourites to win the competition
- The Holloways in the final round of fourteen bands.[2] Previous
participants include The Young Knives, who were winners of the inaugural
competition one year before. They were given the opening slot of
the 2006 V Festival, playing on the Channel 4 Stage in Chelmsford
on 19 August, before opening the Staffordshire site the following
day. On 16 May 2007, NME published an article naming Bombay Bicycle Club "...the hottest band to come from North London for quite some time".[3] Bombay Bicycle Club released their debut EP, The Boy I Used to Be, on 12 February 2007. The band released it on their own independent record label, Mmm... Records.[4][5] The EP was produced by Jim Abbiss at his own personal request, and was recorded and mixed by Ewan Davies at Lincolnshire's Chapel Studios. To support the release of the EP they played a headline show at the Dingwalls in Camden as well as supporting fellow "Road to V" winners The Young Knives across some of their UK Tour.[6] The band also played the Carling Stage at Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2007. The bands second EP, How We Are, was released on 22 October 2007, again through Mmm... Records.[4][5] The EP was produced by Jim Abbiss and was recorded and mixed by Richard Wilkinson at Konk Studios. The band headlined their first UK tour[5] in support of this release and the EP debuted at #2 on the UK Indie Singles Chart 5 November 2007.[7] At the beginning of 2008, Bombay Bicycle Club appeared at the third
annual Artrocker Festival,[8] the Camden Crawl,[9] and The Great
Escape Festival in Brighton.[10] The band also played the Shockwaves
NME Awards Show at London's KOKO where they were main support for
The Hold Steady.[11] In June 2008, the band officially finished higher secondary school education, which meant that the band could commit full time to music instead of having to juggle being in a band with studies. The band also headlined the first Club NME in Paris at La Fleche D'or venue, they were supported by Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya, with DJ sets coming from South Central, Shitdisco and Vicarious Bliss. The band's first single, "Evening/Morning", was released on 4 August 2008 through Young and Lost Club.[12] The single was produced by Jim Abbiss and was recorded and mixed by Richard Wilkinson at The Garden, London. The band embarked on a 23 date UK tour throughout July and August; this included festival appearances at the 2008 Reading and Leeds Festivals, the 2008 T in the Park Festival, The Edge Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland and the second Underage Festival.[12] In September 2008, Bombay Bicycle Club took part in the Levi's Ones to Watch 5 Night Revue at The Macbeth in London.[13] The band headlined the first night with support from Sky Larkin and an interview and highlights from the show were broadcast on Channel 4 on 9 October 2008.[13] Bombay Bicycle Club's debut album was recorded between late October and late November 2008 at Konk Studios in London. The album was produced by Jim Abbiss. The band also played the Levi's Ones To Watch tour at the end of October, which included dates in Brighton, London, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Glasgow. At the end of 2008 Bombay Bicycle Club signed a deal with Island Records to release future singles and albums with the record label. All releases will be published through the Mmm...Records/Island Records offprint, the first release being the single "Always Like This". The single was released in April 2009 and reached #97 on the UK Singles Chart.[14] The band toured throughout April in support of the release.[15] Bombay Bicycle Club won the Best New Band award at the 2010 NME
Awards on February 24, up against nominees such as The XX, The Big
Pink, La Roux, The Olivers and Mumford & Sons. In June 2010
their song "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep" was included
as a bonus track on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack. On 9 May 2010, Bombay Bicycle Club released the track "Ivy & Gold" in the United Kingdom as a digital download. The single, which was released as a double A-part with the track "Flaws" served as the lead single from the upcoming second studio album; which was later confirmed to be entitled Flaws. Having been added to BBC Radio 1's A Playlist, the single debuted on the singles chart at number 97, climbing to number 56 the following week; marking the band's most successful single to date. The band released their second studio album "Flaws" in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2010; where it debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number 8;[14] beating the debut's peak of number 46. The album included 11 acoustically recorded tracks, including "Swansea"; a cover of the Joanna Newsom song that appears on her album The Milk-Eyed Mender and "Fairytale Lullaby"; a cover of the John Martyn song that appears on the album London Conversation. On 10 December, the album was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry for selling over 60,000 copies.[16] On 20 September, the band released the second single "Rinse Me Down" as a music download and 7" vinyl alongside a track entitled "Dorcas", which served as the second A-side.[17] The single managed to reach Radio 1's B Playlist, although failed to chart in the UK. On 19 April 2011 it was announced that 'Flaws' has been nominated
for the 2011 Ivor Novello award for best album[18] In September 2010, the band announced that they had begun working
on their third studio album,[19] once again returning to electric
guitars following acoustic recordings for "Flaws". On
7 June 2011 Zane Lowe revealed on BBC Radio 1 that their new album
would be called A Different Kind Of Fix. He also said that he would
be playing a new song from the album titled "Shuffle"
on 22 June before its release as a single the following day. The
single reached #69 in the charts. The album was released on 29 August
2011 and includes 12 tracks.[20] Released: 3 July 2009 46 – – – – UK: Gold[16] 2010 Flaws Released: 9 July 2010 8 95 – – – UK: Gold[16] 2011 A Different Kind of Fix Released: 26 August 2011 6 18 84 65 97 UK: Silver[16] [edit] Singles Notes ^ The track "Always Like This" was reissued for release
during 2009, whilst the track "Evening/Morning" was reissued
for release during 2010. [edit] EPs Released: 12 February 2007 2007 How We Are Released: 29 October 2007 2010 iTunes Festival: London 2010 Released: 28 July 2010
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