Bastille are huge fans of 80’s stadium rock-style anthemic choruses, which will be great for the ego at their live shows, great for getting them radio play, but can be a little exhausting to listen to one after the other.
That said, as stand alone songs, they’re all brilliant pieces of work, but Bastille’s particular brand of ‘work’ just doesn’t sit together on a full album, and it’s disappointing that there are no hidden gems of style departures, it’s just more of Dan Smith’s perfectly quirky voice, and the band’s mature pop sound.
Amazing as the 12 album tracks are, Bastille’s best work is to be found on YouTube, with a cover of early noughties R&B smash, What Would You Do? by suitably gangster trio, City High.
The juxtaposition of Smith’s thoughtful vocal delivery and the aurally triggered memories of the (now satirical) lyrics is beyond genius.
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