![]() I flew over and met her and we got on really well and I saw this other non-trap side to her. We got in touch and started talking about these influences and she really connected with it. “I heard it in her voice even though she was doing something a world away from that for Awful Records. I’ve been listening to a lot of classic girl-group R’n’B, stuff like SWV, and I was looking for someone who could do a homage to that for this particular track “Alexandria is on this incredible trap label called Awful Records who are based in Atlanta and I’ve been following them for a while. Two of the best tracks on the album, Tears and Somebody New, feature relative newcomers, Alexandria and Elli Ingram. With Bombay, we were always under the radar about who we were so it would be unlikely that Charles Bradley would go ‘oh my God, it’s Jack Steadman from Bombay Bicycle Club!’ In a nice way in my opinion, it was literally about the songs, which was very flattering.” Newcomers The music was the only thing we had to send people. “I don’t think any of them would have heard of the band so it was almost certainly the music. He reckons it was always the song rather than his ties with Bombay Bicycle Club which persuaded people to get involved. The amazing thing was people said yes and actually did it.” For each track, I thought about who would be perfect to sing with. I’d start to write something and I’d hear a particular voice and go ‘I wonder could we get him or her’. “Writing this album was so exciting because if you had some crazy idea, you could go all the way with it. “Before if I was writing a song, your imagination would be limited because you’re in a band and by the architecture of that band. The songs came before the guest vocalists. I always continued to buy these records and make this kind of music on the side when we were touring with the band. ![]() “Some fans could see what was going on because of what was on my Soundcloud or I’d be putting in tracks with that kind of sound on the mixtapes we’d make as a band. Steadman says there were clues to his jazz and funk fixation even with Bombay Bicycle Club. One thing lead to another and you go down these paths without ever really thinking too much about them.” Even after I met the people in the band, jazz was blowing up in London in the scene we were in. “I was very influenced by the music teachers I had and I fell in love with jazz and it never went away. This is not a new development for the quietly spoken Steadman but has been a jazz fan for a long time. ![]() A magnificent slew of spiritual funky grooves, God First has Steadman steering a wild swinging crew including such folks as Charles Bradley, BJ the Chicago Kid, De La Soul, Horace Andy, Lianne La Havas, Lalah Hathaway Elli Ingram and Alexandria. With the indie band on an indefinite hiatus, frontman Jack Steadman has decided it’s time to introduce the world to his Mr Jukes alter-ego and his fondness for jazz, funk and soul.ĭebut album God First is a far cry from the bland musical stodge associated with Steadman's other band. ![]() ![]() There are many things you could probably associate with Bombay Bicycle Club, but the feel-good album of the summer is probably not one of them. ![]()
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