Bombay Bicycle Club is an English indie rock band from Crouch End, London, consisting of Jack Steadman, Jamie MacColl, Suren de Saram, and Ed Nash.

[4] The band has toured worldwide as a headlining act, playing North America, Australia, Europe and Asia.

They switched between various aliases until they picked Bombay Bicycle Club, named after a (now defunct) chain of Indian restaurants in North London.

The line-up changed regularly until the summer of 2006, when Nash (a student at Camden School for Girls),[14] joined the band after they met him at a funeral.

Initially they played gigs at small London venues such as The Old Blue Last, Lark in the Park and Jacksons Lane (as well as winning Exeter's Got Talent 2009).

They released demos of their music on Myspace, with early versions of "The Hill" and "Autumn" as well as the song, "City Lights".

On 16 May 2007, NME published an article naming Bombay Bicycle Club "...the hottest band to come from North London for quite some time".

[18][19] The EP was produced by Jim Abbiss at his own personal request, and was recorded and mixed by Ewan Davies at Lincolnshire's Chapel Studios.

[24] The band also played the Shockwaves NME Awards Show at London's KOKO where they were main support for The Hold Steady.

[26] In September 2008, Bombay Bicycle Club took part in the Levi's Ones to Watch 5 Night Revue at The Macbeth in London.

[27] The band headlined the first night with support from Sky Larkin and an interview and highlights from the show were broadcast on Channel 4 on 9 October 2008.

The band also played the Levi's Ones To Watch tour at the end of October, which included dates in Brighton, London, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Glasgow.

On 9 May 2010, Bombay Bicycle Club released the track "Ivy & Gold" in the United Kingdom as a digital download.

[31] On 20 September 2010, the band released the second single "Rinse Me Down" as a music download and 7" vinyl alongside a track entitled "Dorcas", which served as the second A-side.

[33] In September 2010, the band began working on their third studio album,[34] returning to electric guitars following acoustic recordings for Flaws.

In June 2010, their song "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep" was included as a bonus track on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack.

On 6 January 2014, the band aired the album's third single, "Luna", on the Zane Lowe show, on BBC Radio 1.

Their 2014 tour finished on 13 December at Earls Court Arena, this concert being the final event ever to take place there before its demolition.

On 29 January 2016, the band announced an indefinite hiatus, citing that "after ten years of doing this we thought it was time for all of us to try something else", with Steadman and Nash intending to record solo material.

[47] The album features guest appearances from Damon Albarn, Jay Som, Nilüfer Yanya, Chaka Khan and Holly Humberstone.

It was produced by vocalist Jack Steadman with additional production from Paul Epworth, Ben H. Allen and mixed by Dave Fridmann.