CHARLIE HOUSTON SHARES “CRANBERRY”

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“Sometimes the words don't come immediately — after all, asking someone to be that vulnerable isn't easy — and it can take all night before you feel ready. But when that moment happens, let's hope that it can sound and feel as sweet as this indie-pop ode to young love.” - CBC Music on “All Night”

“... casts back to timeless memories of fumbling early romance—first kisses, messy breakups, and short-lived flirtations are all soundtracked by weightless indie pop and R&B stylings”
 – Under The Radar

“It’s a striking debut, an unguarded, ultra-personal tapestry—stories of heartbreak and struggle, sung in her soothing, signature voice” 
– SPIN

“‘Things’ is an unadulterated look at youthful insecurities and unrequited affection. Over a somber but punchy backdrop, she delivers an evocative performance that is ripe with honesty” – EARMILK



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"Cranberry" is the new indie pop single from Charlie Houston about the anxieties of causing unnecessary stress on those around you. "This song was inspired by me burning a rubber spoon onto a pan onto a pan and then thinking the fumes from the burnt spoon might kill me," Charlie reflects. "I freaked out and ran into my room but knew I was overreacting so didn't want to talk to anyone about it. I'm terrified of being a burden on the people around me." The delicate arrangement of soft acoustic strumming, twinkling piano, and upbeat percussion perfectly wrap the vulnerable hook ‘I don't wanna be a burden, baby’.

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The single follows Houston's recent track, “All Night”, her 2022 sophomore EP, Bad Posture, and the collaborative single "Wide Awake" with ODESZA from their Grammy-nominated album The Last Goodbye. Houston joined ODESZA on their massive North American studio tour, and supported JUNO Award-winning Artist of the Year Charlotte Cardin on tour across Canada. 

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DAN MANGAN SHARES ELSEWHERE VERSION OF “FIRE ESCAPE”

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“This sixth album moves the needle on again, while never losing sight of his brilliance as a songwriter... Being Somewhere carries a gentle wisdom, filled with kindness... It’s like being given a cozy sonic hug while the world’s storms rage outside.” - MOJO
“Full of kindness and empathy, the Vancouver songwriter's latest serves as a gentle reminder to appreciate what you have before it's gone.” - RANGE Magazine

“Being Somewhere showcases some of Mangan’s finest writing couched in some of the most atmospheric arrangements to appear in his catalogue. From the Spartan, piano-driven Just Know It with its subtle harmonies to All Roads driving atmospherics, the production is meticulous.” - Vancouver Sun

“Dan Mangan’s sixth album strikes a fine balance between the quiet intimacy of his best work and Bon Iver’s most fractalized folktronica... The likes of ‘Fire Escape’ and ‘All Roads’ provide warmth and immediacy without disrupting the delicate mood.” - Uncut

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On tour now with Aysanbee supporting his JUNO Award nominated, Polaris Music Prize shortlisted, album Being Somewhere, singer-songwriter Dan Mangan returns with the second reimagined track from the record. The buoyant and bouncy track "Fire Escape” has been stripped bare and reawakened as a tender ballad; with punchy synths being replaced with woodwinds. "Imagine yourself at a party where you feel too anxious to engage with all the perfectly well-meaning folks around you," details Dan. "You spot the familiar face of someone who understands you. You catch their eye and gesture toward the fire escape. As you make your move to get away, you anticipate the fresh air and mutually understood stillness that awaits you through the window on the landing. They might rescue you from your head, if only for a moment of respite. Now imagine that the party is actually just the increasingly manic fever dream of modern society. I love how this elsewhere version falls apart in the middle, but rises tenderly for a final plea."

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MORE ABOUT BEING SOMEWHERE
Being Somewhere, Mangan’s sixth studio album, cuts incisively but never forgets its underlying thesis: It’s cool to care. Mangan arms the rebels in the crusade for tenderness. The album is a combative plea for mercy from a manic world and its effects on the psyche. Whittling his sharpest pen to date, Being Somewhere is marked by Mangan’s singular wit and a respectful deference to the quagmire of existence.

“I wanted this album to feel like the inside crook of a familiar elbow on the nape of your neck, a comforting embrace” says Mangan, “These songs are tenderhearted and unfurl like an overdue conversation with a dear friend. They essentially lay out where we’re at, how I’m doing, and how I think I can help."

571 emails. 100+ hours on the phone and thousands of text messages. A mere 3 days spent in-person together over two and a half years of long-distance work. Such a displaced recording process might make anyone question the concept of being anywhere at all, let alone being somewhere else.

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This is how Dan Mangan and collaborator/producer Drew Brown (Radiohead, Beck) manifested Being Somewhere. All components were recorded in isolation and beamed up to the mothership. No piece of the puzzle ended up as expected, and each moment is the fruition of separate, yet conjoined, rabbit holes. 

“The hard part was waiting,” Mangan says of the long-distance process, “sometimes it took six weeks to resolve an issue that could have taken twenty minutes had we been together in a room. But Drew’s dedication and talent cannot be understated, and this music doesn’t sound like anything else I’m hearing these days."

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Under the care of Drew Brown’s distinct touch, Being Somewhere forges sonics well beyond the tropes of modern folk music. Helming the project from Chicago, Brown sourced musical contributions from all over North America, the UK and Japan, including work from Joey Waronker (Beck, Atoms for Peace), Jason Falkner (Beck, St. Vincent), Thomas Bartlett (The National, Taylor Swift), Dave Okumu (Arlo Parks, Adele), Mary Lattimore (Kurt Vile, Sharon Van Etten), and Broken Social Scene frontman Kevin Drew.

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MORE ABOUT DAN MANGAN
Dan Mangan is a two-time JUNO Award-winning and two-time Polaris Music Prize-nominated musician and songwriter. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with his wife and two sons. Mangan has toured extensively in North America, Europe & Australia. He has played Glastonbury and Jimmy Kimmel Live, collaborated with David Grohl, sold out Massey Hall and scored acclaimed soundtracks for television (Netflix, AMC) and feature films. In 2017, he co-founded Side Door, a community marketplace platform for the arts that seeks to democratize and decentralize the entertainment industry by allowing non-traditional spaces to be venues. Watch for Mangan and his Side Door partner Laura Simpson to appear on CBC TV’s Dragon’s Den on November 3. Being Somewhere is his sixth studio album.

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CANADIAN TOUR DATES // TICKETS HERE
Oct 18 - Burnstown, ON - Neat Cafe
Oct 19 - Kingston, ON - Grand Theatre
Oct 20 - Oshawa, ON - Biltmore Theatre
Oct 21 - Paris, ON - Paris Presbyterian Church
Oct 23 - Hamilton, ON - Bridgeworks
Oct 24 - London, ON - Aeolian Hall
Oct 26 - Richmond Hill, ON - Richmond Hill Centre For The Performing Arts
Oct 27 - Ottawa, ON - Bronson Centre
Oct 28 - Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Oct 29 - St. Catharines, ON - Partridge Hall - FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
Nov 2 - Waterloo, ON - Maxwell’s
Nov 3 - Peterborough, ON - Market Hall Performing Arts Centre
Nov 4 - Montreal, QC - Le Studio TD
Nov 5 - Quebec City, QC - L’Anti Bar
Nov 7 - Moncton, NB - Capitol Theatre
Nov 9 - Fredericton, NB - Fredericton Playhouse
Nov 10 - Saint John, NB - Imperial Theatre
Nov 11 - Glace Bay, NS - Savoy Theatre
Nov 12 - Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Nov 14 - St. John's, NL - First Light Centre

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES // TICKETS ON SALE ON FRIDAY
Feb 22. Graz, AT - Orpheum
Feb 24. Prague, CZ - Café v Lese
Feb 25. Warsaw, PL - Hydrozagadka
Feb 26. Berlin, DE - Frannz Club
Feb 28. Copenhagen, DK - Hotel Cecil
Mar 1. Stockholm, SE - Nalen Klubb
Mar 3. Hamburg, DE - Nachtasyl
Mar 4. Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
Mar 5. Antwerp, BE - Trix
Mar 6. London, UK - Omeara

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BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB SHARE COLLABORATION WITH CHAKA KHAN, “TEKKEN 2” 

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THE NEW ALBUM, MY BIG DAY, OUT OCTOBER 20, 2023

FEATURES GUEST APPEARANCES FROM DAMON ALBARN, JAY SOM, NILÜFER YANYA + SPECIAL GUESTS

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ANNOUNCE UK & IRELAND HEADLINE TOUR FOR 2024 

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Bombay Bicycle Club are thrilled to share “Tekken 2”, a surprise collaboration with the queen of funk and R&B, Chaka Khan. The track is the final track to be lifted from the band’s forthcoming new album, My Big Day, released next Friday. 

“Tekken 2” was written by frontman Jack Steadman at the band’s own London studio. Jack was eager to share the song with global legend Chaka Khan, envisioning her as the ultimate feature to elevate the track. She was, in essence, his dream feature. "After Jack invited me and then sent the song, I loved it, the ethereal part drew me in," Chaka said. "The band has such innovative and passionate energy, truly great musicians. Absolute vibes.” 

This led to Jack jetting off to L.A. to capture her distinctive vocal line. “Tekken 2” showcases not just the band’s versatile musical prowess, but also their capacity to attract monumental talent spanning various music domains.

Jack on Tekken 2: “‘It has been a pretty crazy journey, from sitting on my sofa messing around with a keyboard and drum machine to sitting across from Chaka Khan in a fancy L.A. studio giving her singing directions.

“Chaka was an absolute superstar and the whole experience was so positive. I think the song reflects that - it's about coming together, putting any bad thoughts aside and just enjoying the moment.”

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The band are also excited to announce a new headline tour across the UK and Ireland for January and February 2024, as well as a huge summer show at London’s Alexandra Palace Park next July. 

My Big Day is released on October 20. The record features an eclectic host of guest vocalists that perfectly encapsulates the breadth of the band’s widespread appeal, including Damon Albarn, Jay Som, Nilüfer Yanya, Holly Humberstone and now Chaka Khan.

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Jack sits on both sides of the glass for the duration of the record, having previously produced their fourth album So Long, See You Tomorrow, and co-production with John Congleton for 2020’s Everything Else Has Gone Wrong. Additional production comes from Paul Epworth on the track “Heaven” and Ben Allen who co-produces “Turn The World On”. The record was mixed by Dave Fridmann (renowned for his work with The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, MGMT, HAIM).

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NEW 2024 UK & IRELAND TOUR DATES:
29th January - The Telegraph Building, Belfast
30th January - 3 Olympia Theatre, Dublin
2nd February - O2 Academy, Birmingham
3rd February - Centre, Brighton
5th February - Beacon, Bristol
6th February - Rock City, Nottingham
8th February - O2 Academy, Sheffield
9th February - The Nick Rayns LCR, UEA, Norwich
10th February - Corn Exchange, Cambridge
12th February - Barrowland, Glasgow
15th February - O2 City Hall, Newcastle
16th February - O2 Apollo, Manchester
18th February - Great Hall, Cardiff
12th July - Alexandra Palace Park, London

2023 INSTORE/OUTSTORE UK LIVE DATES:
17th October – Academy 2, Leicester (in association with Truck)
18th October – The Academy, Oxford (In association with Truck) SOLD OUT
19th October – PRYZM, London (in association with Banquet Records) *matinee SOLD OUT
19th October – PRYZM, London (in association with Banquet Records) SOLD OUT
20th October – Rough Trade East, London *lunchtime show SOLD OUT
20th October – Rough Trade East, London  SOLD OUT
21st October - HMV, Southampton *Matinee acoustic performance SOLD OUT
21st October – Pier, Portsmouth (in association with Pie & Vinyl) SOLD OUT
22nd October – The Church, Marlborough (in association with Sound Knowledge) *Matinee acoustic
performance  SOLD OUT
22nd October – Marble Factory, Bristol (in association with Rough Trade) SOLD OUT
23rd October - Badlands Records, Cheltenham SOLD OUT *Matinee acoustic performance 
23rd October – The Empire, Coventry (in association with HMV) SOLD OUT
24th October - Bear Tree, Sheffield  *Matinee acoustic performance  
24th October - Jacaranda Records, Liverpool (in store signing)
24th October – Hangar 34, Liverpool (in association with Jacaranda Records) SOLD OUT
25th October – Liquid Room, Edinburgh (in association with Assai Records)  SOLD OUT *early show
25th October – Liquid Room, Edinburgh (in association with Assai Records)  SOLD OUT
26th October – Fat Sam’s, Dundee (in association with Assai Records) SOLD OUT
31st October - Golden Discs, Dublin *Matinee acoustic performance  SOLD OUT

 2023 EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR:
13th November – Riviera, Madrid
14th November – Sala Apolo, Barcelona
16th November – Alcatraz, Milan
17th November – Tonhalle, Munich
18th November – Docks, Lausanne
19th November – Docks, Hamburg
21st November – Trabendo, Paris
22nd November – Columbiahalle, Berlin
23rd November – Progresja, Warsaw
25th November – De Roma, Antwerp
26th November – Live Music Hall, Cologne
27th November – Melkweg, Amsterdam
28th November – Melkweg, Amsterdam

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MY BIG DAY TRACKLISTING
01 Just A Little More Time
02 I Want To Be Your Only Pet
03 Sleepless (feat. Jay Som)
04 My Big Day
05 Turn The World On
06 Meditate (feat. Nilüfer Yanya)
07 Rural Radio Predicts The Rapture
08 Heaven (feat. Damon Albarn)
09 Tekken 2
10 Diving (feat. Holly Humberstone)
11 Onward

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