NEW BOMBAY & FRIENDS EP, FANTASIES, OUT TODAY VIA ARTS & CRAFTS
FEATURING COLLABORATIONS WITH LUCY ROSE, RAE MORRIS, LIZ LAWRENCE & MATILDA MANN
BUY / STREAM FANTASIES EP HERE
PHYSICAL COPIES AVAILABLE VIA THE BAND’S WEBSITE
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR COMES TO TORONTO, MONTREAL, VANCOUVER BEGINNING MARCH 15
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Today, Bombay Bicycle Club release their new EP, Fantasies, featuring collaborations with Lucy Rose, Rae Morris, Liz Lawrence and Matilda Mann. The EP is billed as a Bombay & Friends release, and is out via Arts & Crafts. The release follows the band’s extensive UK / Ireland headline tour, and comes ahead of their North American headline tour with Canadian tour dates beginning March 15.
The Fantasies EP is released digitally today, and available on physical via the band’s website and through a small number of independent record stores. The EP is limited to 2500 hand-numbered copies and is printed on eco-mix vinyl, a sustainable material which is created by recycling the offcuts from other pressings. It is also packaged in an eco-friendly sleeve and shrinkwrap.
BUY / STREAM FANTASIES EP HERE
PHYSICAL COPIES AVAILABLE VIA THE BAND’S WEBSITE
The new tracks are both a celebration of Bombay Bicycle Club’s rich history and a marker of their bold new chapter. They showcase the depth of the band’s creative synergy with their long-term collaborators, Lucy, Rae and Liz, who fans will remember from their work on some of Bombay’s standout tracks, and frequent live cameos. The lead single, “Fantasneeze” is led by new friend and collaborator, Matilda, demonstrating the band’s willingness to embrace the new generation, and to push themselves creatively. Sonically, the EP aligns with the more experimental sound of their recent sixth album, My Big Day, which was met with critical acclaim upon release in late 2023.
The band says: “When we decided to hold ‘Fantasneeze’ back for its own release after the album, we kept working and finished off three other songs in short order. We think of this as a Bombay & Friends release because each song has a good friend of the band singing on it (Lucy Rose, Rae Morris, Liz Lawrence, Matilda Mann). Some are old friends with long-term, close associations to the band (Lucy Rose for instance) while Matilda Mann is a newer collaborator (having contacted Jack to do some co-writing initially a couple years ago). It’s also very much a continuation of My Big Day as it was recorded around the same time and mixed by Dave Fridmann.”
The new release follows the band’s sixth album, My Big Day, which debuted at #3 on the UK Official Albums Chart. The album features collaborations with Chaka Khan, Damon Albarn, Jay Som, Nilüfer Yanya and Holly Humberstone, and was produced by frontman Jack Steadman, with contributions from Paul Epworth and Ben Allen. My Big Day has been lauded for its genre-defying experimentation, and celebrated as some of the band’s best work to date, 15 years into their career.
So far in 2024, the band has completed an extensive UK & Ireland headline tour, to be followed by a North American headline tour, and the biggest headline show of the band’s career at London’s Alexandra Palace Park on 12th July. Festival dates will also be announced in due course.
Fantasies EP artwork. Photo by the band’s Ed Nash
FANTASIES EP TRACKLISTING:
01 Fantasneeze (feat. Matilda Mann)
02 Blindfold (feat. Liz Lawrence)
03 Willow (feat. Lucy Rose)
04 Better Now (feat. Rae Morris)
TOUR DATES
4th March - Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville, TN, US
5th March - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA, US
7th March - White Oak Music Hall - Downstairs, Houston, TX, US
8th March - Emo’s Austin, Austin, TX, US
9th March - Granada Theater, Dallas, TX, US
10th March - The Admiral, Omaha, NE, US
11th March - Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS, US
13th March - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, US
14th March - Metro, Chicago, IL, US
15th March - The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
16th March - Beanfield Theatre, Montreal, QC, Canada
18th March - Royale Boston, Boston, MA, US
19th March - Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY, US
20th March - Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA, US
21st March - 930 CLUB, Washington, DC, US (SOLD OUT)
30th April - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, US
1st May - Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA, US
3rd May - Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
4th May - Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA, US
5th May - Revolution Hall, Portland, OR, US
6th May - Knitting Factory - Boise, Boise, ID, US
8th May - Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO, US
9th May - Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO, US
10th May - Kilby Court Block Party, Salt Lake City, UT, US
12th May - Brooklyn Bowl, Las Vegas, NV, US
13th May - The Observatory North Park, San Diego, CA, US
14th May - Observatory Santa Ana, Santa Ana, CA, US
15th May - The Bellwether, Los Angeles (LA), CA, US
17th May - Auditorio BB, Mexico City, Mexico
18th May - Guanamor Teatro Studio, Zapopan, Mexico
29th June - neinmenster - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
29th June - Siren’s Call 2024, Luxembourg
12th July - Alexandra Palace Park, London
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