![]() The music is defined by its many variations of percussion, as well as memorable hooks with profound lyrics.īecause everyone deserves the opportunity to discover music on their own, here’s a review of only seven of the album’s 15 tracks, along with a link to each song to give you the opportunity to craft your own opinion. ![]() The lyrics are written with a wisdom beyond the years of the young men in the band and include interesting metaphors and allusions which include references to Icarus and Daniel in the lion’s den. If listening to an album can be called a “journey”, then “Bad Blood” is a journey within a journey. The album as a whole tells of the loss of old friends and relationships. Released in America in September, Bastille’s first album, “Bad Blood,” quickly found its way onto many Yankee Spotify playlists, CD trays, iPods and record players (because vinyl is always the answer). Clearly, they had discovered something very special. On the streets of Rome in the summer of 2013, an amalgamation of European teenagers, visiting Londoners and native Italians, crowded around a boom box that blasted the now-familiar but then-mystifying primal tune, “Eh eh oo eh oo,” otherwise known as the first five seconds of the song, “ Pompeii,” by Bastille.
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