The run of four studio albums in five years – starting with 2009’s ‘I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose‘ and ending with ‘So Long, See You Tomorrow‘ in 2014 – made them one of the most prolific British bands around.
It also means the period of inactivity since then feels out of character for Bombay Bicycle Club, and it’s moved the group to clear up their future plans in a statement on Twitter.
The statement reveals they ‘don’t have plans’ to record any new music in the near future, but have insisted that this doesn’t put their future in doubt.
“The four of us wanted to fill you in on what is happening with the band at the moment,” they wrote. “Right now we aren’t working on any new music and don’t have plans to do so any time soon.”
“We aren’t breaking up, but after ten years of doing this – and it being the only thing we’ve known since the age of 16 – we thought it was time for all of us to try something else.”
“For a band that has been together for such a long time, we are still incredibly close and probably get on even better than we did when we started the band. Fortunately you won’t have to wait too long for new music from us: Jack and Ed are both working on their own respective albums – they are different but equally exciting.”
‘So Long, See You Tomorrow’ culminated that run of releases very nicely with a UK number one, and led to them being joined by Pink Floyd legend Dave Gilmour during a show at Earls Court in December 2014.