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So Long See You Tomorrow

Bombay Bicycle Club

So Long See You Tomorrow

The London quartet forsake indie rock for electronica and dance on their fourth album

ADM rating[?]

7.0

Label
Vagrant
UK Release date
03/02/2014
US Release date
04/02/2014
  1. 10.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    The rattling percussion of It’s Alright Now sends the album hurtling towards euphoria, hitting the dance floor with the off-kilter chords and bleeps of Carry Me
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  2. 10.0 |   Art Rocker

    Like the 16th century British Empire they are destined for greater global takeover while turning more heads than a penny-farthing, there is just a better chance that you will take this one out for a ride more often
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  3. 9.0 |   Digital Spy

    Bombay Bicycle Club might have taken from the world to define their own sound, but it's the world who owes them gratitude
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  4. 8.0 |   DIY

    Bold, experimental, and an absolute delight, Bombay Bicycle Club cycle the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference
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  5. 8.0 |   Entertainment.ie

    An unprecedented and rewarding effort, So Long reestablishes Bombay Bicycle Club as a band to watch and showcases a rapid development that was unthinkable 3 years ago through a range of instruments and genres explored fearlessly and expertly on their greatest achievement yet
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  6. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    The band’s defining statement is probably still to come, but their upward trajectory shows no sign of stopping
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  7. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    All in all, this is a great fourth album by a band who seem to more comfortable than ever experimenting with their sound, without out the whole album seeming like a ‘test’
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  8. 8.0 |   FasterLouder

    It’s charming, and effortless – the sound of a band who finally seem comfortable in their own skin
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  9. 8.0 |   Uncut

    A brooding impressive return. Print edition only

  10. 8.0 |   The 405

    There's a distinct sentiment that the widescreen scale of their fourth album is far more daring, at least in comparison to past offerings, than a Bombay Bicycle Club album is entitled to be
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  11. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This album is huuuge (that’s a two-syllable huge)
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  12. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    An unmitigated joy
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  13. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    It all adds up to a record that marks a drastic departure for Bombay Bicycle Club, and a welcome one at that
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  14. 8.0 |   Time Out

    Marks a point at which the group’s sound has become both expansive and brilliantly refined
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  15. 7.7 |   Pitchfork

    So Long, See You Tomorrow is an often dazzling, euphoric electronic-pop record where Bombay Bicycle Club have decided they don’t want to be seen as a rock band anyway
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  16. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    Pushing the boundaries of their eclecticism without abandoning the Bombay spirit that everybody fell in love with
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  17. 7.0 |   The Fly

    Bombay Bicycle Club continue to be contradictory — they are chart-toppers who rarely make a good photo. They are young, but their music is so oppressively mature you feel it wants to sit you down and give you mortgage advice
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  18. 7.0 |   NME

    After years of chopping and changing, Bombay Bicycle Club have finally found an iteration worth sticking with
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  19. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It’s hard not to admire the breadth of ideas, even if some of it does fall a bit flat
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  20. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    It sticks pleasingly, if a touch disappointingly, to the lithe, artful dance-rock of its predecessor
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  21. 6.0 |   Q

    Where So Long ... falls down is its overall lack of definition. Print edition only

  22. 6.0 |   The Observer

    The band have experimented with loops and samples for some time, but not with the conviction that they do here
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  23. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    If So Long is an indication of anything, it’s that Bombay Bicycle Club still haven’t found their sound. And this is one of those rare times where that isn’t necessarily a bad thing
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  24. 5.8 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    Despite its outward bustle and injections of colour throughout, the album’s personality is also disappointingly tentative and placid
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  25. 5.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Whilst previous efforts have shown steady musical progress, this feels disappointingly stagnant
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  26. 4.2 |   A.V. Club

    It feels like we really will see the group, if not tomorrow exactly, then surely very soon, in the form of whatever this record is clearly ramping up to. Ending the album as they did leaves implication for a more fully realized and decisive follow-up
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  27. 4.0 |   The Independent

    It sounds as if it’s designed to slip down as smoothly as possible, but accordingly, each song slips too readily from the memory
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  28. 4.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    When the album climax feeds back into its opener, it’s hard to shake the sense that Bombay Bicycle Club are going round in circles: travelling a lot, without knowing where they want to go
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  29. 4.0 |   Mojo

    Ends up sounding like a bunch of Gap Yah students discovering foreign climes for the first time. Print edition only


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