Lucy Rose + Bombay Bicycle Club @ La Maroquinerie (28/11/11)

Yesterday evening I went to Bombay Bicycle Club's gig at the Maroquinerie, young British band which has already three albums to his credit. Discovered at the V Festival in 2006, these little English are back this year with their new album A Different Kind of Fix released this summer.

In the privacy of the Maroquinerie, which was slowly filling up, Lucy Rose came on stage accompanied by a cellist. This is the one who laid her voice on some songs from Flaws and A Different Kind of Fix by Bombay Bicycle Club. She gave her guitar / voice compositions in  front of an attentive audience.

She was quite talkative on the fact that she was on the cover of her album with her grandmother who was not aware. She also told us that with the Bombay Bicycle Club they decided to take the road for 18h from Germany to be Paris for their day off. She was nice to see playing but I think it's better to listen to her music rather relax on a deckchair than during a concert itself.

After leaving the scene, Lucy Rose then came back with Bombay Bicycle Club for their first song Shuffle. Meanwhile, the room was now well filled since it was sold out. The atmosphere was warmer than during the opening act but the young audience was still a little on the reserve.

They interpreted titles from their three albums like Magnet, Always Like This, Rinse Me Down, Ivy and Gold or Leave It and What You Want that appear their latest album. They played just over 1h30 in front of an audience which has relaxed itself throughout the concert. At the end some were jumping on some songs (Beggars, What If, What You Want).

They were quite communicative with the crowd. Jamie MacColl (guitarist) said they had not played one of their songs for a long time and Jack Steadman (singer) said they were pretty excited about Paris. The band has been very successful in both ways: Sometimes acoustic, sometimes energetic depending on the songs.

I let you discover the setlist below. As usual you can find videos of the concert on Youtube because I filmed Shuffle and How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep.