A common stereotype that is somewhat true in music is that a band needs to be good looking, young and be from the Great Britain; famous examples being The Beatles, The Who, Queen, Oasis, The Smiths, Echo & the Bunnymen and even the famous and controversial One Direction. But a small quartet group from Crouch End, London called Bombay Bicycle Club isn’t letting the geographical birthplace of their group define who they are as musicians.

Bombay Bicycle Club is a guitar-fronted group that has a wide variety of sounds, including indie rock, electronica and world music. As of the release of the newest album So Long, See You Tomorrow, they’re under the current music label of Island Records, which have had former great artists such as Bob Dylan, Mariah Carey, The B-52s, Isley Brothers, Morrissey, Wolfmother and U2.

Since the group’s formation in 2005, Bombay Bicycle Club has managed to release four albums, three EP’s and over a dozen singles.

Young and ambitious, the group began when Jack Steadman, Jamie MacCool and Suren de Saram met at the age of fifteen. They bounced back and forth between different band names until finally reaching a consensus on the name “Bombay Police Club”, inspired by a chain of Indian restaurants in Great Britain.

Bombay Bicycle Club is an “ever growing catalog that just continues to impress. You can’t help but root for a band like Bombay Bicycle Club,” music columnist Will Oliver, of the We All Want Someone to Shout For organization, said.