BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB SHARE FIRST NEW MUSIC IN FIVE YEARS

LISTEN AND SHARE “EAT, SLEEP, WAKE (NOTHING BUT YOU)” HERE

NEW LP FORTHCOMING VIA ARTS & CRAFTS IN CANADA

PERFORMING IN TORONTO OCTOBER 3

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Bombay Bicycle Club are very pleased to share a new single, their first new music since 2014’s number one selling, Mercury Music Prize nominated fourth album, So Long, See You Tomorrow.

The pulsating, euphoric “Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You)” is streaming now. It encapsulates all the ingredients that made this exciting British band so popular before heading on an extended hiatus having sold out a triumphant London Earls Court show back in 2014. Recorded at London’s KONK Studio with producer John Congleton, it’s a song heavy of both melody and rhythm, and acts as a tantalising re-introduction to Bombay Bicycle Club whilst they work on a new full-length record. Further details of that will be announced soon.

LISTEN AND SHARE “EAT, SLEEP, WAKE (NOTHING BUT YOU)” HERE

It’s been an exciting and very encouraging return for the band so far: their January video teaser announcing they were working on new music sparked an online frenzy that found their name trending on social media. That was followed by the news that the band would make their live return with a headline set at Wilderness Festival, and a New York show for September which sold so rapidly that they built a full US tour around it. Then earlier this summer, Bombay Bicycle Club commemorated the 10th anniversary of their frenetic debut album, I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose by announcing a handful of shows, all of which sold out in seconds, including a night at London’s Brixton Academy on the 8th November.

A very welcome return then, for a band who have not lost their innate ear for melody nor their ability to make interesting, inventive guitar-led pop music sound so effortless and exciting.


Bombay Bicycle Club Live
25th September – The Glass House, Pomona
26th September – Mayan Theater, Los Angeles
27th September – Observatory North Park, San Diego
28th September – The Fillmore, San Francisco
1st October – House Of Blues, Chicago
2nd October – St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit
3rd October – Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto
4th October – Royale, Boston
5th October – 9:30 Club, Washington
7th October – Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn SOLD OUT
8th October – Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn

I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose 10 Year Celebration Shows 
4th November – Eventim Apollo, Liverpool SOLD OUT 
5th November – Caird Hall, Dundee 
6th November – Rock City, Nottingham SOLD OUT
7th November – Pavilion, Bath SOLD OUT
8th November – O2 Academy Brixton, London SOLD OUT

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ANDRÉ ETHIER ANNOUNCES NEW LP, SHARES FIRST SINGLE

CROAK IN THE WEEDS DUE OUT OCTOBER 11 VIA TELEPHONE EXPLOSION

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Croak In The Weeds, the second instalment in a planned trilogy from ex-Deadly Snakes frontman André Ethier, will be released October 11 on Telephone Explosion Records. The nine-song album was created in collaboration with Sandro Perri (producer) at his Toronto studio in late 2018 / early 2019.

“I was imagining a pond at the swamp,” Ethier explains. “A pond gets murkier the deeper you dive. Frogs are amphibians. They’re in and out of the pond like it’s no big deal, but we stay mostly on the shore and only peer in. Then, when the weather is right, the pond rises in a mist and we can breathe it too. We can be in the pond but also on the shore.”

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Croak In The Weeds continues Ethier and Perri’s musical relationship which was originally established on 2017’s Under Grape Leaves. Croak expands upon that album, deconstructing synthetic elements to a point of raw organic beauty. Lyrically, André’s approach has shifted to the natural world, focusing heavily on flora and fauna. Almost every track on the 34-minute album references animals, with central characters ranging from pigs to dragons. 

This is André’s third attempt at a trilogy of records. Previous attempts have stalled for various reasons; disillusionment with genre, unrealistic sense of self, arachnophobia... Though it would not be inaccurate to suggest that he now has completed a trilogy of unfinished trilogies (he would thank you for your optimistic reasoning,) and is still planning to finish this one. Regarding trilogies, André opines: “In the first you establish the tools and build yourself a room, in the sequel you live in the room and imagine what’s outside, finally in the third.... you escape?”

He doesn’t know, he has never gone all the way…

PAST PRAISE FOR ANDRÉ ETHIER

“André Ethier is a world-class storyteller-songwriter on Under Grape Leaves” - Now Magazine 

“Slow, soft-spoken and built around spare voice/guitar/drum-machine arrangements overseen by esteemed Toronto experimentalist Sandro Perri, Under Grape Leaves adopts a pensive tone to match Ethier’s ruminations” - The Toronto Star  

“Andre Ethier’s ‘Under Grape Leaves’ leaves you with a sense pure calm” - Broken Pencil 

“Under Grape Leaves, a soothing but still powerful journey through the lush, untamed expanse of the mind and soul.” - Dominionated

“Under Grape Leaves is a nuanced collection of intimate songs recorded by Sandro Perri.” - Northern Transmissions

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CROAK IN THE WEEDS TRACKLIST
01 Dream On Pigs
02 Croaks In The Weeds
03 Wedding Band
04 Two Dogs
05 Jenny The Blues
06 Sigfried Slays The Dragon
07 Summer Evening Pigs
08 Froggy
09 Foolish Love

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PONDERCAST EPISODE 46 : HOW TO DISAPPEAR

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The urge to disappear...to shut down the phone and walk away from being ‘social.’ Are you feeling? The pressure to stay visible - to put yourself out there - is real. But why do we do it? I doubt it’s because we love that scrutiny that comes with keeping our lives so public.

On Pondercast Episode 46 : How To Disappear, Laurie Brown finds inspiration in the book How To Disappear by Akiko Busch.

Let’s talk about your private life...and why having more of one is good for your soul.

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On September 14, Pondercast host Laurie Brown and JUNO Award Nominated electronic composer and musician Joshua Van Tassel will explore how city-dwellers merge with their natural surroundings during a live podcast recording that takes visitors on a virtual journey to the moon and back with Moon Merge. The evening will feature performances by Choir! Choir! Choir!, Bernice and a special silent disco set by Rich Aucoin.

The Bentway is an innovative public space project underneath Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway and have now announced its Fall 2019 programming calendar under the theme Second Nature. From September to November 2019, The Bentway will bring together artists, community activists, urbanists, scientists and innovators to explore ways urban dwellers can reconnect to the natural world. Tickets can be found here.

Pondercast is powered by listeners. If you’d like to share the musical love, you can start by sharing this episode. If you feel like that’s just not enough, please consider becoming a patron of the show via the Pondercast Patreon here. Patrons receive a behind the scenes look at Pondercast, first notice of new episodes, and access to monthly Ponder Playlists. 

And if you’ve ever wondered how Laurie, Joshua, and Ty actually make a Pondercast episode, they’ve given a peak behind the curtain with a new video.

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Recently, Killbeat Music partnered with the team at Pondercast to bring you Ponderbeat, a series of special episodes featuring selections curated by Brown from some of Killbeat’s latest releases. The fourth episode of Ponderbeat is live now, featuring music from Ada Lea, Begonia, Close Talker, FET.NAT, River Tiber, Tamino and more.

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