Bastille
Give Me the Future
Release Date: Feb 4, 2022
Genre(s): Pop/Rock
Record label: EMI
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Album Review: Give Me the Future by Bastille
Excellent, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 4
The title is ominous. Bastille have always been the go-to band for pop-centred positivity, but Give Me The Future at title glance seems to beg for something more post-pandemic, as opposed to finding the light within it. Yet the album still manages to deliver Bastille's signature heavy happiness, even if by abandoning the present. It's hard to blame them.
Opinion: Excellent
Say what you will about Bastille, but their tried-and-true formula has yet to fail. 'Give Me The Future' sees the band dive headfirst into science fiction, where they toy with reality and explore the tech epoch. Frontman Dan Smith began developing the idea pre-pandemic - Perhaps a premonition of sorts? So when the world shut down and a whole new one opened online, a perfect storm formed where Smith's brainchild could thrive.
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