The heartache and emotion Smith sings of are all his own. What’s acutely refreshing about Bastille is that their brand of catchy, neo-synth pop is coming from somewhere real.
Title track ‘Bad Blood’ is crisp and lovingly constructed and is yet another residing sonnet to a lost love, a recurring theme throughout the album, with ‘These Streets’ also following suit.
‘Things We Lost in The Fire’ is another emotionally charged, anthemic beauty, with bright metaphorical lyrics and swooping vocals.
Opener and second single ‘Pompeii’ closely lost out on this week’s number one spot to Justin Timberlake’s ‘Mirrors’ The track is hyper-infectious, energised and quite unusual with its choral opening, and let’s be honest, coming second to JT was inevitable and unavoidable.īastille are heart-on-sleeve, raw, and however much you try and resist them (and the cynic in you wants to wince at their twee romanticism that teeters on the edge of corny at times) you will no doubt succumb to their charm.
