Everything Else Has Gone Wrong

Bombay Bicycle Club announced an indefinite hiatus on 29 January 2016. However, they explicitly ruled out the notion that the band was breaking up and also alluded toward potential solo material from frontman Jack Steadman and bassist Ed Nash.{{cite news|title=Bombay Bicycle Club are taking a break but not 'breaking up'|date=29 January 2016|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35443091/bombay-bicycle-club-are-taking-a-break-but-not-breaking-up|work=BBC Newsbeat|access-date=4 January 2020}} However, in an interview with Q Nash recalled Steadman saying that he did not think he wanted to make another Bombay Bicycle Club album.{{cite magazine|date=March 2020|title=The Ties That Bind|magazine=Q|issue=408|page=92}} In January 2017, Nash released the solo album The Pace of the Passing under the moniker Toothless.{{cite magazine|last=Johnson|first=Eugenie|date=27 January 2017|title=Toothless - The Pace of the Passing|url=http://diymag.com/2017/01/27/toothless-the-pace-of-the-passing-album-review|magazine=DIY|access-date=4 January 2020}} It featured vocals by Marika Hackman, Tom Fleming, Liz Lawrence and The Staves.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/premiere-toothless-sisyphus/|title=PREMIERE: Toothless - "Sisyphus"|date=24 November 2016|website=Noisey|publisher=Vice|access-date=4 January 2020}}{{cite magazine|last=Schiller|first=Mike|date=16 February 2017|title=Toothless: The Pace of the Passing|url=https://www.popmatters.com/toothless-the-pace-of-the-passing-2495400839.html|magazine=PopMatters|access-date=4 January 2020}} Bombay Bicycle Club drummer Suren de Saram contributed drumming to the record. The album was produced by Nash and Steadman.{{cite magazine|last=Krisciunas|first=Mantas|date=21 March 2017|title=Born Anew: An Interview with Bombay Bicycle Club's Ed Nash|url=https://www.popmatters.com/born-anew-an-interview-with-bombay-bicycle-clubs-ed-nash-2495397688.html|magazine=PopMatters|access-date=4 January 2020}} In March 2017, Steadman formed the solo project Mr Jukes, releasing the album God First in July 2017.{{cite magazine|last=Renshaw|first=David|date=21 March 2017|title=Mr Jukes Teams Up With BJ The Chicago Kid For The Joyful "Angels/Your Love"|url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/03/21/mr-jukes-teams-up-with-bj-the-chicago-kid-for-the-joyful-angelsyour-love|magazine=The Fader|access-date=4 January 2020}} The album was produced by Steadman and featured BJ the Chicago Kid, Elli Ingram, Charles Bradley, De La Soul, Horace Andy, Lalah Hathaway, Lianne La Havas.{{cite magazine|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=31 May 2019|title=Mr Jukes Could Be The Year's Most Surprising Return|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/mr-jukes-could-be-the-years-most-surprising-return|magazine=Clash|access-date=4 January 2020}} During the band's hiatus, guitarist Jamie MacColl completed an undergraduate degree in war studies at King's College London and a MPhil in international relations at the University of Cambridge. He worked as an intelligence analyst for a social security company and also worked at a think tank in Washington, D.C.{{cite news|last=Lello|first=Michael|date=7 October 2019|title=Bombay Bicycle Club gets back on the bus|url=https://nypost.com/2019/10/07/bombay-bicycle-club-gets-back-on-the-bus/|newspaper=New York Post|access-date=4 January 2020}} He also launched Undivided, a Brexit campaign group to engage with people under the age of 30.{{cite news|last=Blake|first=Jonathan|date=26 October 2016|title=Bombay Bicycle Club guitarist Jamie MacColl launches Brexit campaign group for under-30s|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37778492/bombay-bicycle-club-guitarist-jamie-maccoll-launches-brexit-campaign-group-for-under-30s|work=BBC Newsbeat|access-date=4 January 2020}} Nash worked for some time in an office job in the interim.{{cite magazine|date=March 2020|title=The Ties That Bind|magazine=Q|issue=408|page=94}} Steadman traveled extensively, including traveling on the Trans-Siberian Railway as well as riding on a cargo ship from China to Canada.{{cite news|last=Steadman|first=Jack|date=18 July 2017|title=Bombay Bicycle Club's Jack Steadman: my trip around the world – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/18/bombay-bicycle-club-jack-steadman-round-the-world-travel-diary-photography-music|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=17 January 2020}}

The band later sold all of their equipment and initially had no plans to record new music or tour. MacColl believed the band had effectively broken up, but was surprised when Steadman decided to be in the band again. Months after selling their equipment, they discussed the possibility of doing a one-off tour to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their debut album I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose (2009). However, they believed a one-off anniversary tour was not appropriate considering they were a relatively young band and since they felt they still had ideas for music. They instead quickly focused on writing new music.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/music-interviews/bombay-bicycle-club-new-album-everything-else-has-gone-wrong-interview-tour-tickets-2544115|title=Bombay Bicycle Club: "We sold all our instruments. To all intents and purposes, we had broken up"|last=Richards|first=Will|date=3 September 2019|website=NME|access-date=4 January 2020}}

In January 2019, the band announced that they were ending their hiatus and that they would be performing concerts later in 2019, with intentions to record new music as well.{{cite news|last=Saddler|first=Jack|date=15 January 2019|title=Bombay Bicycle Club announce comeback with new music and live shows planned: 'We've missed you'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/bombay-bicycle-club-back-new-music-live-shows-release-date-a8728411.html|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=4 January 2020}}{{cite magazine|last=Maicki|first=Salvatore|date=15 January 2019|title=Bombay Bicycle Club announce return to music|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/01/15/bombay-bicycle-club-announce-return-to-music|magazine=The Fader|access-date=4 January 2020}} Bombay Bicycle Club began recording for Everything Else Has Gone Wrong on 25 March 2019 at Konk Studios in London.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bombay-bicycle-club-recording-new-album-2467168|title=Bombay Bicycle Club are recording a new album|last=Moore|first=Sam|date=26 March 2019|website=NME|access-date=4 January 2020}} The band released an extended play of demos from 2004 to 2008 on 3 July 2019, marking exactly ten years since the release of their debut album on 3 July 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bombay-bicycle-club-play-debut-album-full-new-uk-tour-2523354|title=Bombay Bicycle Club to play debut album in full on new UK tour|last=Richards|first=Will|date=3 July 2019|website=NME|access-date=4 January 2020}} The band completed recording for the album on 14 September 2019 with producer John Congleton at Sargent Recorders in Los Angeles, California.{{cite tweet|user=BombayBicycle|number=1173253832186314752|date=15 September 2019|title=Yesterday we finished recording Everything Else Has Gone Wrong with @congletonjohn in LA. We know it's been a long wait, so as a reward for your patience here's a video of Suren recording topless. You can pre-order the album now: https://bombaybicycleclub.lnk.to/EEHGWAlbumTW}} The album was primarily produced by John Congleton with additional production by Steadman, except "Racing Stripes" which was produced by both Congleton and Steadman.

The lead single to promote the album, "Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing but You)", was released on 27 August 2019.{{cite magazine|last=Spruch|first=Kirsten|date=28 August 2019|title=Bombay Bicycle Club Return With First Single in Five Years, 'Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You)': Listen|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8528577/eat-sleep-wake-bombay-bicycle-club|magazine=Billboard|access-date=4 January 2020}} A music video directed by Louis Bhose, the band's former touring keyboardist, was released on 3 September 2019 and was shot in Ukraine.{{cite magazine|last=Slingerland|first=Calum|date=3 September 2019|title=Bombay Bicycle Club Detail New Album 'Everything Else Has Gone Wrong'|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/bombay_bicycle_club_detail_new_album_everything_else_has_gone_wrong|magazine=Exclaim!|access-date=17 January 2020}}

The second single, "Everything Else Has Gone Wrong", was released on 27 November 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bombay-bicycle-club-title-track-album-everything-else-has-gone-wrong-2579573|title=Bombay Bicycle Club share hopeful title track from upcoming album 'Everything Else Has Gone Wrong' – listen|last=Skinner|first=Tom|date=27 November 2019|website=NME|access-date=4 January 2020}} An accompanying music video directed by Louis Bhose was released the same day.{{cite magazine|last=Murphy|first=Sarah|date=27 November 2019|title=Bombay Bicycle Club Share Title Track from 'Everything Else Has Gone Wrong'|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/bombay_bicycle_club_share_title_track_from_everything_else_has_gone_wrong|magazine=Exclaim!|access-date=17 January 2020}}

On 19 December 2019, "Racing Stripes" was released as the third single with an accompanying music video directed by Louis Bhose and shot in the Lofoten Islands of northern Norway.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bombay-bicycle-clubs-racing-stripes-2589715|title=Bombay Bicycle Club release airy new single 'Racing Stripes'|last=Lavin|first=Will|date=19 December 2019|website=NME|access-date=4 January 2020}}

"I Can Hardly Speak" was released as the fourth single on 1 January 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bombay-bicycle-club-share-lyric-video-i-can-hardly-speak-2592047|title=Bombay Bicycle Club share lyric video for glimmering new track 'I Can Hardly Speak'|last=Daly|first=Rhian|date=2 January 2020|website=NME|access-date=4 January 2020}}{{cite magazine|last=Kenneally|first=Cerys|date=1 January 2020|title=Bombay Bicycle Club kick off 2020 with new single "I Can Hardly Speak"|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/bombay-bicycle-club-kick-off-2020-with-new-single-i-can-hardly-speak|magazine=The Line of Best Fit|access-date=4 January 2020}}

"Is It Real" was released as the fifth single on 14 January 2020.{{cite magazine|date=14 January 2020|title=Bombay Bicycle Club have dropped another new track, 'Is It Real'|url=https://www.readdork.com/news/bombay-bicycle-club-have-dropped-another-new-track-is-it-real|magazine=Dork|access-date=14 January 2020}}

The artwork illustrations for the album and its singles were commissioned by the band from Spanish artist María Medem.{{cite magazine|last=Goodridge|first=Hayden|date=2 January 2020|title=Bombay Bicycle Club Share Ethereal New Single "I Can Hardly Speak"|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2020/01/bombay-bicycle-club-share-ethereal-single-i-can-ha.html|magazine=Paste|access-date=4 January 2020}}

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 7.4/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/10201/Bombay-Bicycle-Club-Everything-Else-Has-Gone-Wrong.aspx|title=Everything Else Has Gone Wrong by Bombay Bicycle Club reviews|website=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=30 January 2020}}

| MC = 74/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/everything-else-has-gone-wrong/bombay-bicycle-club|title=Everything Else Has Gone Wrong by Bombay Bicycle Club Reviews and Tracks|website=Metacritic|access-date=30 January 2020}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/everything-else-has-gone-wrong-mw0003334671|title=Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong|last=Collar|first=Matt|website=AllMusic|access-date=18 January 2020}}

| rev2 = The Daily Telegraph

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=McCormick|first=Neil|author-link=Neil McCormick|date=17 January 2020|title=Bombay Bicycle Club, Everything Else Has Gone Wrong, review: a rallying cry for the age of anxiety|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/bombay-bicycle-club-everything-else-has-gone-wrong-review-rallying/|url-status=live|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210604114154/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/bombay-bicycle-club-everything-else-has-gone-wrong-review-rallying/|archive-date=4 June 2021|access-date=17 January 2020|url-access=subscription}}

| rev3 = Exclaim!

| rev3score = 8/10{{cite magazine|last=Mohammed|first=Jenna|date=14 January 2020|title=Bombay Bicycle Club Everything Else Has Gone Wrong|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/bombay_bicycle_club-everything_else_has_gone_wrong|magazine=Exclaim!|access-date=14 January 2020}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite news|last=Snapes|first=Laura|date=17 January 2020|title=Bombay Bicycle Club: Everything Else Has Gone Wrong review – songs to buy a mid-range hatchback to|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/17/bombay-bicycle-club-everything-else-has-gone-wrong-review|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=17 January 2020}}

| rev5 = The Independent

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Bray|first=Elisa|date=16 January 2020|title=Album reviews: Bombay Bicycle Club – 'Everything Else has Gone Wrong' and Gabrielle Aplin – 'Dear Happy'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/bombay-bicycle-club-review-everything-else-has-gone-wrong-gabrielle-aplin-dear-happy-a9285111.html|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=16 January 2020}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/bombay-bicycle-club-everything-else-has-gone-wrong-review-2594875|title=Bombay Bicycle Club – 'Everything Else Has Gone Wrong' review: nostalgic kicks and fresh new sounds|last=Mylrea|first=Hannah|date=16 January 2020|website=NME|access-date=16 January 2020}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7score = 5.9/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bombay-bicycle-club-everything-else-has-gone-wrong/|title=Bombay Bicycle Club: Everything Else Has Gone Wrong Album Review|last=Cliff|first=Aimee|date=23 January 2020|website=Pitchfork|access-date=23 January 2020}}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Doherty|first=Niall|date=March 2020|title=Bombay Bicycle Club – Everything Else Has Gone Wrong|magazine=Q|issue=408|page=114}}

| rev9 = The Times

| rev9score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite news|last=Hodgkinson|first=Will|author-link=Will Hodgkinson|date=17 January 2020|title=Bombay Bicycle Club: Everything Else Has Gone Wrong review — formulaic return from London indie rockers|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/bombay-bicycle-club-everything-else-has-gone-wrong-review-formulaic-return-from-london-indie-rockers-x9lr2lmzj|url-status=live|newspaper=The Times|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210730003211/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bombay-bicycle-club-everything-else-has-gone-wrong-review-formulaic-return-from-london-indie-rockers-x9lr2lmzj|archive-date=30 July 2021|access-date=17 January 2020|url-access=subscription}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = 7/10{{cite magazine|last=Cochrane|first=Greg|date=February 2020|title=Bombay Bicycle Club – Everything Else Has Gone Wrong|magazine=Uncut|issue=273|page=25}}

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Everything Else Has Gone Wrong received mostly favourable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 from reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 74, based on sixteen reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.4 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.

Niall Doherty of Q gave the album a favourable review, writing, "Jack Steadman's breezy melodies are the perfect counter to the mutating musical backdrop." Greg Cochrane of Uncut gave the album a favourable review, calling "Good Day" its "vulnerable centerpiece" and "Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing but You)" a "reminder of how far they've advanced since their early badge as adolescent indie rockers."

{{Track listing

| headline = Everything Else Has Gone Wrong track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 41:40

| title1 = Get Up

| writer1 = Jack Steadman

| extra1 = {{Flatlist|

• John Congleton
• Steadman{{ref|a|[a]}}

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| length1 = 2:33

| title2 = Is It Real

| writer2 = Steadman

| extra2 = {{Flatlist|

• Congleton
• Steadman{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length2 = 3:05

| title3 = Everything Else Has Gone Wrong

| writer3 = Steadman

| extra3 = {{Flatlist|

• Congleton
• Steadman{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length3 = 4:09

| title4 = I Can Hardly Speak

| writer4 = Steadman

| extra4 = {{Flatlist|

• Congleton
• Steadman{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length4 = 3:59

| title5 = Good Day

| writer5 = Ed Nash

| extra5 = Congleton

| length5 = 3:52

| title6 = Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing but You)

| writer6 = {{Flatlist|

• Nash
• Steadman

}}

| extra6 = {{Flatlist|

• Congleton
• Steadman{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length6 = 3:39

| title7 = I Worry Bout You

| writer7 = Steadman

| extra7 = {{Flatlist|

• Congleton
• Steadman{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length7 = 3:40

| title8 = People People

| note8 = featuring Liz Lawrence

| writer8 = {{Flatlist|

• Liz Lawrence
• Nash

}}

| extra8 = Congleton

| length8 = 3:27

| title9 = Do You Feel Loved?

| writer9 = Steadman

| extra9 = {{Flatlist|

• Congleton
• Steadman{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length9 = 4:22

| title10 = Let You Go

| writer10 = Steadman

| extra10 = {{Flatlist|

• Congleton
• Steadman{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length10 = 4:48

| title11 = Racing Stripes

| writer11 = Steadman

| extra11 = {{Flatlist|

• Steadman
• Congleton

}}

| length11 = 4:06

}}

Notes

• ^{{{note|a|[a]}}} signifies an additional producer.

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Everything Else Has Gone Wrong.{{cite AV media notes|title=Everything Else Has Gone Wrong|others=Bombay Bicycle Club|year=2020|type=liner notes|publisher=Mmm...Records, Caroline International, Island Records|id=0827596}}

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Bombay Bicycle Club

• Jack Steadman
• Jamie MacColl
• Suren De Saram
• Ed Nash

Additional musicians

• Liz Lawrence – vocals {{small|(track 8)}}, backing vocals {{small|(tracks 2, 6, 9)}}
• Billie Marten – backing vocals {{small|(track 11)}}
• Nate Walcott – trumpet {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 7, 9)}}
• Aniela Marie Perry – cello {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 9, 11)}}
• Elizabeth Baba – violin {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 9)}}
• Madeline Falcone – violin {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 9)}}
• Marta Sofia Honer – viola {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 9)}}
• David Moyer – tenor saxophone {{small|(tracks 2, 7, 9)}}
• David Urquidi – tenor saxophone {{small|(tracks 2, 7, 9)}}

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Technical

• Jack Steadman – production {{small|(track 11)}}, additional production {{small|(tracks 1–10)}}
• John Congleton – production {{small|(all tracks)}}, mixing {{small|(all tracks)}}, engineering {{small|(all tracks)}}
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Sean Cook – assistant engineer {{small|(Sargent)}}
• George Chung – assistant engineer {{small|(Konk)}}

Artwork

• María Medem – artwork illustrations
• Joe Prytherch – artwork layout, logo

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