The Great Escape Preview: The Bombay Bicycle Club

With good reviews on their previously-released EPs, Bombay Bicycle Club will release their debut album I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose Island Records in July. After first forming when the band members were just 15, they've created something that NME described as the “hottest sound to come from North London for quite some time.” Their energy is raw and has a sort of hazy shoegaze that layers above snarky, mature lyrics and otherwise poppy, jittery vocals. Since winning a competition against The Holloways, they've gotten a lot of good press and are producing music that shows a lot of promise.