PULLING SHAPES

So you’ve come a long way since playing gigs in schools assembly hall. You’ve won the Road to V Festival competition, put out a couple of EPs on your own label (Mmm… Records), played Reading and Glastonbury and tours sponsored by jeans, and released your debut album on the venerable Island label. But even though you’ve attracted gushing column inches and are wondering what songs to play at festivals across Europe while your friends are worrying about uni fees, you whack your band name into Google and still find more links to the Indian restaurant you’re named after than anything else.

That’s the deal with Bombay Bicycle Club. They might not be as popular as the Hampstead curry house, but the teenage four-piece have been picking up positive press almost since their inception in 2005. A lot of that’s due to singer Jack Steadman’ voice, which is still the most striking thing about BBC – a warble somewhere between Orlando Weeks, Devendra Banhart and drunk Paolo Nutini…. Full review at The Quietus.

Out: now, Label: Island Records

Bombay Bicycle Club – ‘Dust On The Ground’