
How ‘Always Like This’ became Bombay Bicycle Club’s enduring festival closer
From its place on Bombay Bicycle Club’s 2009 debut to documented finales at Reading and Glastonbury, ‘Always Like This’ has become a reliable last word for the band.
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'Advert' by Blur is a 1993 rock track from the album 'Modern Life Is Rubbish'. The lyrics move through late-hour routines and commuters’ nerves, with the speaker half-determined to be steadied by something outside the immediate grind. A quick, upbeat intro line about “Food processors” sits beside images of standing and waiting for the Underground, giving the song a faintly promotional, consumer-bright tone that keeps slipping into unease as the clock turns.
"Advert" is a track by Blur, from the album Modern Life Is Rubbish, released 10th May 1993. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Blur.
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From its place on Bombay Bicycle Club’s 2009 debut to documented finales at Reading and Glastonbury, ‘Always Like This’ has become a reliable last word for the band.

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