For a band all still in their teens Bombay Bicycle Club have achieved a ridiculous amount. Their debut album, ‘I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose’ was produced by Jim Abbiss, a man whose golden touch blessed the debuts of both Kasabian and Arctic Monkeys. They’ve played Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds, whipped up crowds on various nationwide tours, and got the likes of Jo Whiley and Zane Lowe salivating at their very name. And they did all this while still studying for their A-levels. Not that you’d suspect such an industrious ethic speaking to their bassist Ed Nash, whose nonchalant middle-class drawl washes over you like an episode of Skins. I caught up with him a couple of hours before the band drove up to Manchester to play a gig at a ruined castle.

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