While much of the emotion at the center of Everything Else Has Gone Wrong feels borne out of a period of dark introspection, there's a low-key ebullience and overall strength to the music that speaks to Bombay Bicycle Club's renewed sense of purpose.
The album is a warm collection of songs with lyrics that focus on finding hope in a sometimes dark world.
Bombay Bicycle Club have re-emerged from the ether with emboldened purpose, creating an album that finds a cause for celebration between every person, unconcerned by the bigger picture and instead strives for home truths.
Bombay Bicycle Club’s time away has propelled the band to a new plane of compelling sophistication, where musically and thematically they have evolved to create a beautifully profound and stunning soundscape full of promise and self-examination.
Fans and new listeners alike will be pleased with Everything Else Has Gone Wrong. Bombay Bicycle Club have found their second wind and are coming back stronger than ever.
It’s a solid return – the sound of a band both rejuvenated and continuing the multi-layered sound of their previous releases.
On a set of compact, meaningful songs about surviving in the age of anxiety, the sympathetic weave of the reunited band embodies the very spirit of empathy and togetherness for which Steadman seems to be reaching.
When it all comes together, it's a beautiful snapshot of the band this ambitious London quartet has become. Still grounded in its indie-rock beginnings, but finding fresh ways to express them with every new release.
The band’s second coming arrives with some added grit, mostly to the guitar and bass sounds, with more distortion in evidence than previously, even if it stops well short of out and out rock.
If you are a fan of everything that came before, you'll still enjoy this record. But you'll probably end up listening to the old ones, and enjoying them more. Because BBC at their best are better than this.
Everything Else Has Gone Wrong is a sharp and charming indie rock album that is at times ever so slightly too safe for its own good.
The elements that made the veteran band so lovable are all still here—the rousing choruses, the refrains, the anthemic riffs—but this time, they seem contrived, more of a retread than a step forward.
It’s interesting, but not riveting, the pace and mood varied, yet the songs are somehow formulaic and derivative.
Everything Else Has Gone Wrong is about getting through troubling times with grand gestures, projecting those emotions in the most outward way possible. And, coming back from that absence, demonstrating their steady growth as musicians with a joyful disposition that is contagious.
It’s these moments of authenticity that are a reminder of what a brilliant band Bombay Bicycle Club can be. And despite a handful of lacklustre moments on the album, ‘Everything Else Has Gone Wrong’ permeates the band’s trademark sound with fresh ideas.
After a long hiatus, the big-tent UK pop band returns with an joyful but middling album that’s a little bit of everything they’ve always been.
BBC’s fifth album is a disappointment: crowded, ill-written and lacking conviction, it sounds like what it will swiftly become: an ad soundtrack.
Some of it is generic, sure...but all of it is nice and groovy. Sometimes you need some easy listening
BAND OF THE WEEK: Album Review #5
First off, I just want to say, if this is your first exposure to this great band, I highly recommend you listen to one of their earlier records instead; mainly their debut or So Long, See You Tomorrow, the latter being my personal favorite.
Going to be up front with you guys, I'm pretty bummed. I've spend my entire week listening to this band and really loved everything I heard, from their first record to the previous. I even got myself pumped up for this ... read more
#36 of re-reviews (redoing past albums from way back when)
1.3k words for this. 1.2k words for the last one. damn i'm on a roll >:)
ANOTHER BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB REVIEW HERE WE ZA GOOOOO!!!!
here we are with bombay bicycle club’s comeback album that brought them back into the spotlight named “everything else has gone wrong”. with it also being released in 2020, the title of the album is more literal than it needed to be. but putting that aside, this album was my most ... read more
Ok. Buen inicio, intermedio más o menos, final con canciones calmadas y "tristes" cliché. Entretenido.
1 | Get Up 2:33 | |
2 | Is It Real 3:05 | 68 |
3 | Everything Else Has Gone Wrong 4:09 | |
4 | I Can Hardly Speak 3:59 | |
5 | Good Day 3:52 | |
6 | Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You) 3:39 | 68 |
7 | I Worry Bout You 3:40 | |
8 | People People 3:27 | |
9 | Do You Feel Loved? 4:22 | |
10 | Let You Go 4:48 | |
11 | Racing Stripes 4:06 |
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