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

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