BΔSTILLE's Bad Blood Album Review

BΔSTILLE – Bad Blood Album Review 9/10

  Bastille has honestly made a great start with their first album “Bad Blood.” Having an indie-pop-synch style, Bastille has created an album that is catchy and seems like a soundtrack for a movie about finding yourself. I feel the overall theme for this album includes nostalgia for the past and moving forward. The majority of these songs (ex. “Pompeii”, “Things We Lost in the Fire”, “These Streets”) reflect on things that have been lost and the memory of what use to be. While other songs, (ex.“The Weight of Living Pt. II”, “Laura Palmer”, “Bad Blood”) have a clear message of learning to move on from the past that can bind us. Whatever the message, the whole time this album keeps a pretty upbeat tone, however there are few parts where it seems the album gets boring before spiking back up to becoming more enjoyable. Bastille seems to be falling in the new synchronicity of mixing indie/alternative with an electronic style (like Imagine Dragons) making it more addicting after every listen. The reason I’m not giving it a perfect 10 is as I previously stated somewhere in the middle of the album it just seemed to lack the vibe as it has at the beginning and the end, this made me almost stop listening to it but I am very glad I didn’t. Despite this, Bastille’s Bad Blood album is instant buy for me and I would also highly recommend buying this if you liked their song “Pompeii.” I hope you found this review useful, tell me what you like best about this album and I will be reviewing their deluxe version of this album, “All this Bad Blood” next week.

Most Notable track: Pompeii

Favorite Tracks: Things We Lost in the Fire, Bad Blood, and Daniel in the Den

Til Next Time,

Kati

Listen to this full album at Spotify online (click the link below) or download Spotify onto your computer!
http://open.spotify.com/album/1jUoeAbO2HCADZ1uiyLYIo

 

BΔSTILLE: The First Artist of the Month

How's it going everyone?!
 I will start off the reviews with an artist of the month. I might make this an artist of the week, because I love music and I am not under-stating this. I listen to all sorts of music, mainstream pop, rap, country, indie, techno, and whatever else there is (except polka). I even listen to music from different countries, I really like J-pop...but I won't do that. What I like to do is focus on artists that I am currently obsessed with whether you hear them on the radio or they only have a YouTube page, I want to share my musical discoveries with you!
 Now, for my first month I thought I would cover an artist who is a bit mainstream however they just got their popularity (over here in America particularly) last year with their hit "Pompeii." Yes, I am talking about Bastille.
 To do a little background they were at first, a solo project formed in 2010 in London by singer/songwriter Dan Smith who later decided to form it into a band. There first single "Over flawed" came out in 2012 but it wasn't until the band's first album, "Bad Blood" that came out in 2013 (which I will review later, right now I'm doing a summary) that their popularity rose. The band's album has reached platinum status becoming number 1 in the UK and number 11 on the US charts.
 Even though this band has been around for a couple years and I just recently discover them, I honestly love their music. My current favorite is "Things We Lost in the Fire." Which you can watch the full video here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGR4U7W1dZU .
 Now throughout this month of February I will do a few reviews of their album "Bad Blood" and their deluxe version "All This Bad Blood." For now, I would recommend listening to their album for free on Spotify or watching their videos on their YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/BastilleVEVO .
 Check them out and tell me what you think. Do you like them? What is your favorite song by them? And while we're at it if there is any there is any band or artist you want me to check out let me know, like I said before I listen to pretty much anything. Anyways I hope you enjoyed this and stay tuned for more Anytainment reviews.
 Until next time,
 Kati

Spotlight Please!

Hello readers,
 My name is Kati and I am starting this new blog for my obsession of anytainment. What is anytainment? Well, it is basically anything that is entertaining to me, music, movies, TV shows, funny celebrity stories, YouTube news, and anything else that you might want me to cover. Before that, I just wanted to give a quick background of me.
 I am a 23 and a currently in college for my bachelor's in communications with a minor in film. I am kind of a geek and I love all sorts of stuff. In all honesty if I ever get a camera I will probably switch over to YouTube but for now, blogging will suffice. I am a huge movie/music/TV/YouTube buff with a few other loves in between. I spend a lot of time, studying, listening to music, walking, doing some photography, and writing. I have wanted to do something like this for a while but just have never had the time or would forget. However I thought I would finally start now, so here I am.
 If you enjoy my articles/reviews please let me know and if there is anytainment you want me to take a look or listen to, please let me know I love new stuff.
 So, my next one will be the will be my artist of a month. I hope you enjoy.
 Till next time,
 Kati