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BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB & JIM ABBISS

Album: I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose

In this episode John is joined by Jack & Suren from Bombay Bicycle Club and producer legend Jim Abbiss to talk about how they recorded and produced ‘I Had The Blues But Shook Them Loose’.

Celebrating 10 years since its release, Jim and the boys reminisce over their experiences working together on this iconic debut and how their relationship and approach to recording and music production evolved from the early days as wide-eyed teens to the later, more experienced sessions.

We get to hear the impressive bedroom demos Jack crafted as a music obsessed 15 year old plus fascinating breakdowns from some of the tracks from the album.

Listen to find out why ‘Dust On The Ground’ didn’t end up as an 8 minute instrumental, how using a hand fan can create some pretty unique guitar sounds and hear a brilliant break down of ‘Always Like This’.

Tracks discussed: Cancel On Me, Dust On The Ground, Always Like This