Doom Days
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CRITIC REVIEWS
80
This need to seize the moment has been one of Bastille's main messages since "Pompeii," and with Doom Days, they prove they can deliver it in increasingly eloquent and relatable ways.
80
‘Doom Days’ is a vivid snapshot of humanity and an imaginative, adventurous levelling up from one of Britain’s most influential bands. If the end times are coming, you could do a whole lot worse than taking its lead and gathering up all your friends, pressing play and partying like it’s 1999.
80
While ‘Doom Days’ may look like an unusual step for a band as huge as Bastille - with fewer obvious hits and more introspective numbers - it’s certainly not.
80
In typical Bastille fashion, the synths are glossy, the beats are bouncy, gang vocal harmonies appear in abundance, and their general inventiveness within the electro-pop artform is explored effectively once more.
80
Nostalgic, melancholic, worrisome and finally joyful, ‘Doom Days’ is a production that leaves you with optimism for a better tomorrow.
80
It’s the lyrical play of title-track ‘Doom Days’ that really hits home, though - showing the same talent of subtle but effective observation that first showed through on 2016’s ‘Wild World’, it’s the context to a wider story that draws everything around it into focus. A treat that’s more than worth the wait.
60
Mostly this is just a bit Bastille by numbers.
55
This ... is precisely the main problem with Doom Days: the more you put into it, the less you get out.
40
On Doom Days Bastille falls into a sonic rut, but its best music gives us plenty of indication that this need not spell doom for what's to come for this still-young outfit.
(Analbumaday Day 245)
Imma be honest, I wasn’t giving this too much attention, I was distracted by other important matters, but I still got the gist of it. Bastille’s vocalist has a really strong and brooding voice that helps set the tone of the songs alongside often apocalyptic themes, I think he’s a great singer, the instrumentals can go surprisingly hard, the production is solid, the writing is mixed, but honestly, this is a good record, there seems to be a lot of passion ... read more
I was drawn in by the "apocalyptic concept album" claim, but it did not turn out to be the case. This isn't a bad album, but it is a very generic and one-dimensional one. Bastille's sound is far from refined, and they seem to still be trying to capitalize on the same techniques they used on their breakout hit "Pompeii."
this album sounds like Bastille saw the success of their Marshmello collaboration "Happier" and tried to make an LP full of potential hits rather than captivating thought provoking tracks. Especially considering the "concept" that is about as surface level and thought provoking as those "stop vaping" ads that are all over TV today, this is really lacking in any substance at all. To sum everything up, this is Bastille's "Selling Out" album.
The production ... read more
(Analbumaday Day 245)
Imma be honest, I wasn’t giving this too much attention, I was distracted by other important matters, but I still got the gist of it. Bastille’s vocalist has a really strong and brooding voice that helps set the tone of the songs alongside often apocalyptic themes, I think he’s a great singer, the instrumentals can go surprisingly hard, the production is solid, the writing is mixed, but honestly, this is a good record, there seems to be a lot of passion ... read more
(analbumaday day 245) Bastille makes good music ... but that's all it is. For a band that is kind of beloved (at least here in the UK) the songs they release are just good and nothing more than good unfortunately.
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Track List
| 1 | Quarter Past Midnight 3:19 | 76 |
| 2 | Bad Decisions 3:09 | 83 |
| 3 | The Waves 4:00 | 74 |
| 4 | Divide 3:52 | 68 |
| 5 | Million Pieces 4:11 | 75 |
| 6 | Doom Days 2:18 | 87 |
| 7 | Nocturnal Creatures 3:52 | 66 |
| 8 | 4AM 4:07 | 74 |
| 9 | Another Place 3:31 | 77 |
| 10 | Those Nights 4:30 | 79 |
| 11 | Joy 3:12 | 72 |
Total Length: 40 minutes
Added on: May 2, 2019