Doom Days

Bastille - Doom Days
Critic Score
Based on 13 reviews
2019 Ratings: #427 / 805
User Score
Based on 324 ratings
2019 Rank: #801
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
XS Noize

For all its partying, Doom Days preaches unity and intimacy, and how in times like these, we as people should be coming together rather than letting our differences tear us—and the world—apart.

80
AllMusic

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
NME
‘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
DIY
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
The Skinny
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
Clash
Nostalgic, melancholic, worrisome and finally joyful, ‘Doom Days’ is a production that leaves you with optimism for a better tomorrow.
80
Dork
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
musicOMH

Mostly this is just a bit Bastille by numbers.

55
The Line of Best Fit

This ... is precisely the main problem with Doom Days: the more you put into it, the less you get out.

40
PopMatters

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.

DarkCat
76

(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

exception
47

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."

PcPowerUp
45

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

lucasbarnts
64

I was initially pretty confused and disappointed by Doom Days, but it has since grown on me a lot. Still, there are two things in particular that still bother me: the emphasis on sex being the primary response to the end of the world (not that it's invalid, just uncomfortable), and the production on Million Pieces (mainly because of how much worse it is than the original snippet on "The Descent"). Otherwise, pretty solid project.

1. Quarter Past Midnight - 8
2. Bad Decisions - 5
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Dangus
90

Liked every song, pretty much like all the other albums I've listened to so far, they kept the same type of music since Bad Blood. I'd recommend this easily. It deserves the 90 rating it gets :)

80

It's enjoyable for sure. A clear step down in their work and the "concept" aspect of it was overhyped by the band itself, but yeah, no doubts a fun album with plenty of bangers.

Best tracks: Quarter Past Midnight, Bad Decisions, Those Nights, 4AM
Worst tracks: Divide

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Added on: May 2, 2019