Bombay Bicycle Club Announce New Single 'Lights Out, Words Gone'
Monday, 05 September 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
With their critically acclaimed third album, 'A Different Kind of Fix’ crashing into the top ten of the charts at Number Six, Bombay Bicycle Club release one of the record’s stand out tracks, ‘Lights Out, Words Gone’ as a single on October 17th.
The album captures the sound of a band progressing and innovating at a startling rate and ‘Lights Out, Words Gone’ is a case in point, as it makes common cause with chillwave via looped vocal harmonies, rhythmic hooks and dewy-fresh Balearic guitars.
‘Lights Out, Words Gone’ follows in the groove-fuelled footsteps of previous single, ‘Shuffle’ that was A-listed at Radio 1 and with a series of knock-out festival performances this summer to an ever-growing legion of fans - including Glastonbury, Latitude, Reading & Leeds - BBC have been making the summer of 2011 their own.
In a little over three years, the band will have released three LPs – an extraordinary rare feat in the 21st century music industry. From the teenage indie kicks of their debut; to the sparse, timeless folk of last summer’s top ten album, ‘Flaws’ (nominated for an Ivor Novello Award); the quartet open a new and beguiling chapter with, ‘A Different Kind of Fix’, one that cements their place at the very forefront of British bands in 2011.
Bombay Bicycle Club play their largest UK tour to date in late September and early October.
Oct 1st - Newcastle Academy *
Oct 2nd - Glasgow Barrowland
Oct 3rd - Leeds Academy *
Oct 5th - Sheffield Academy *
Oct 6th - Hull University
Oct 7th - Manchester Apollo
Oct 9th - Lincoln Engine Shed
Oct 10th – UEA, Norwich
Oct 11th – Oxford Academy*
Oct 12th - Bristol Academy *
Oct 13th - Birmingham Academy *
Oct 14th - Cardiff University Great Hall
Oct 16th - Southampton Guildhall *
Oct 17th - Nottingham Rock City
Oct 19th - London Brixton Academy *
*All Ages shows (under 14 with adult). All other shows: 14+
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