Unsurprisingly, love plays a crucial role throughout the collection.
The same qualities reside in ska-flecked 'Bad Blood', the harp-pinging 'Things We Lost In the Fire' and the glitchy synths of 'Flaws'. The out-of-the-blue chart success of current single 'Pompeii' proves their knack to pen a bouncy pop number without the services of Guetta and co - and doing it with aptitude and panache. As such, the challenge for their debut album was a balance of all their unique quirks without overdoing it.įortunately, it's a feat Bastille have fully achieved on Bad Blood.
Ranging from 'next big thing' to 'one to watch' via 'genre-bending', Bastille charmed fans and critics last year with a handful of EPs and mixtapes that covered everything from indie to re-workings of '90s club classics. Every now and then a band comes along with a slew of buzz words attached to their name.
