A God-awful Small Affair

I really must motivate myself to do these little things more frequently. Around 150 records from 2011 covered, and barely 5 of 2014 so far. Sorry to anyone that hasn't jumped ship, yet. Londoners Bombay Bicycle Club surprised a few of us earlier this year by managing to seize their first ever #1 album. Their fourth effort in almost as many years, So Long, See You Tomorrow sees the former channel 4 competition winners rightfully make them "big time" and after a much simpler, but equally charming indie approach in their early material (charming in the same sense that Noah and the Whale would be, were they not flung so vehemently into your ears by Nick Grimshaw's Radio 1), they now embrace all sorts of strange and wonderful samples and instruments into their sound. It wasn't until I heard Shuffle , from their last record, popping up on the soundtrack to the magnificent Sleeping Dogs game that I realised how totally unique it was; finding that one, stand-out h