Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind Of Fix Review

7 September 2011, Fiona @ 5:15 pm

I have said it many times and I’ll say it again, Bombay Bicycle Club is one of my favourite bands this year. I had a chance to catch their set during Canadian Music Week (CMW review HERE). The band is touring with Two Door Cinema Club this Fall. I bought my tickets for their Toronto show (September 17th at Kool Haus) the first day tickets went on sale — I am anticipating for the show to be sold out.

A Different Kind Of Fix was released Monday August 29th via Island Records/Universal. The album is the band’s third studio album — having released I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose (2009) and Flaws (2010) prior. The album starts off with “How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep,” an instant favourite of mine from the record. Some other tracks that I really enjoy are “Your Eyes,” “Lights Out, Words Gone” and “Leave It.”

It took a few listens of the album before I started to enjoy it throughly — it definitely grew on me. The album is infused with a variety of elements from so many different genres. From elements of dream-pop in “How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep” to elements of chillwave in “Lights Out, Words Gone” and “Take The Right One” to the acoustic folk elements in “Beggars”… the album is infused with a sense of wonder and captures the band’s energy.

Bombay Bicycle Club – How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep
Bombay Bicycle Club – Lights Out, Words Gone

For More…
Website: http://www.bombaybicycleclubmusic.com/
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/bombaybicycleclub
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bombaybicycleclub