Bombay Bicycle Club on their most collaborative album to date: “It was really fun to not be limited by your own voice or your own style”
nme.comBombay Bicycle Club have opened up about their upcoming album ‘My Big Day‘ and how it is their most collaborative LP to date.After being asked what made them want to expand their creative process during the latest episode of NME‘s In Conversation series, frontman Jack Steadman said: “I think that might be another result of me doing my solo stuff where I did collaborate on almost every song.
It was really fun to not be limited by your own voice or your own style and just have complete freedom.”He continued: “It’s certainly very eclectic…from Holly Humberstone to Damon Albarn, it’s a nice mix of people and obviously the surprise is gonna blow a lot of people’s minds.”‘My Big Day’ features the likes of Humberstone, Albarn, Jay Som and Nilüfer Yanya.
Both Steadman and the band’s guitarist, Jamie MacColl, shared what it was like to get someone as big and busy as Albarn for a feature.“I actually went and played him the album, ‘cause I value his opinion a lot.
It was just one song, where instead of giving me a few notes or feedback, he just got his engineer to bring him a microphone and just started singing this melody.
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