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A Different Kind of Fix
Rock · 2011 · 13 tracks · 54m

A Different Kind of Fix

Bombay Bicycle Club

Shimmering guitar lines meet chopped vocal samples and syncopated piano loops. A lush, rhythmic evolution of indie rock that feels like a permanent golden hour.

August 26, 2011 · Island Records

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A bright, rhythmic optimism tempered by a gentle, introspective wistfulness.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 54m
01
How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep
3:00
02
Bad Timing
3:34
03
Your Eyes
5:21
04
Lights Out, Words Gone
5:01
05
Take the Right One
3:36
06
Shuffle
3:55
07
Beggars
4:12
08
Leave It
3:54
09
Fracture
4:04
10
What You Want
4:20
11
Favourite Day
4:57
12
Still
4:25
13
Beg
3:52
Moments Worth Listening For
The infectious, repetitive piano loop that anchors Shuffle, transforming a simple riff into a dance-floor pulse.
The way the opening track How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep builds from a muffled, underwater guitar into a crisp, wide-awake groove.
The delicate, haunting piano coda of Still that brings the album to a hushed and vulnerable close.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does A Different Kind of Fix sound next to the rest of Bombay Bicycle Club's catalogue?

Sampler+2.1σ

The instrumentation foregrounds sampler far more than the catalogue usually does.

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