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After confronting global corruption on 2016's Wild World, it's only natural that the men of Bastille would feel the need for escape that they express on Doom Days. It's as necessary to take moments to just exist as it is to resist the world's injustices, and the band's third album follows a night out with friends and possible lovers, from singing along with the radio on the way to the party to waking up on the floor the next morning. However, their attempts to ignore the world around them on Doom Days are even more relatable because they can't shut it out entirely. "We never knew what we had," Dan Smith sings on "Quarter Past Midnight," capturing the way it's possible to be nostalgic for a moment before it has passed. Though Bastille's choruses are as rousing as ever, on this song and throughout the album there's a newfound intimacy to their music as they explore everyday loneliness and hope in a time of crisis. On the title track, Smith recites a litany of 2010s disasters ("I'm livestreaming the final days of Rome" once again harks back to the band's smash hit "Pompeii"), but chooses to stay present instead of worrying about the latest bad news. Similarly, the celebratory pulse of "Nocturnal Creatures" reaffirms that good times shine all the brighter when people live in the constant shadow of something ominous. Thanks to its concept, Doom Days is easily the group's most cohesive album yet, but as they tighten their focus, they also expand their sound. Alongside quintessentially heartfelt Bastille songs like "Another Place" are tracks such as "4AM," which moves from a cozy acoustic singalong to brass and beats with the seamless flow of their mixtapes, and "Million Pieces," which sets Doom Days' escapist heights to rhythms that evoke '90s garage. On "Joy," the band draws on the power of a gospel choir to give the album a happy ending that feels well-earned, even if it's only temporary. 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.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
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Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Piano, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Michael Freeman, MixingSecondEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, Vocalist, BackgroundVocalist - Will Farquarson, Guitar, BassGuitar - Chris 'woody' Wood, DrumKit - Kianja, BackgroundVocalist - Andy Hall Hall, Programmer - Charlie Barnes, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2018 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Michael Freeman, MixingSecondEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - Will Farquarson, Guitar, BassGuitar - Kianja, BackgroundVocalist - Andy Hall Hall, Programmer
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Tom Elmhirst, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Piano, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Bastille, MainArtist - Will Farquarson, Guitar, BassGuitar - Kianja, BackgroundVocalist - Charlie Barnes, BackgroundVocalist - Brandon Bost, MixingSecondEngineer - Bim Amoako-Gyampah, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Tom Elmhirst, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Piano, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, Keyboard, MoogBass - Chris 'woody' Wood, DrumKit - Charlie Barnes, BackgroundVocalist - Brandon Bost, MixingSecondEngineer
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Piano, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Dan Priddy, Programmer, Keyboard, AdditionalProducer - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Michael Freeman, MixingSecondEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - Will Farquarson, BassGuitar
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Dan Priddy, Producer, Programmer, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer - Daniel Priddy, RecordingEngineer - Michael Freeman, MixingSecondEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, Programmer, Keyboard - Will Farquarson, Guitar - Chris 'woody' Wood, Percussion - Andy Hall Hall, Programmer - Jack Duxbury, Engineer - The Dawn of MAY, BackgroundVocalist - Lee Cardan, Engineer - Muchtar Johnson, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Piano, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Michael Freeman, MixingSecondEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - Will Farquarson, BassGuitar - Chris 'woody' Wood, DrumKit - Kianja, BackgroundVocalist - Tinashé Fazakerley, BackgroundVocalist - Senab Adekunle, BackgroundVocalist - Reese Robinson, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Tom Elmhirst, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Programmer, Synthesizer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Bastille, MainArtist - Charlie Barnes, SpokenWord - Brandon Bost, MixingSecondEngineer - Rittipo, Saxophone - Al Mik, SpokenWord
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Piano, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Dan Priddy, Producer, Programmer, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Michael Freeman, MixingSecondEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, BackgroundVocalist - Will Farquarson, Guitar, BassGuitar - Chris 'woody' Wood, DrumKit - Charlie Barnes, BackgroundVocalist - Kianja Harvey-Elliot, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Tom Elmhirst, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Piano, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Bastille, MainArtist - Will Farquarson, Guitar, BassGuitar - Chris 'woody' Wood, DrumKit - Brandon Bost, MixingSecondEngineer - Rittipo, Saxophone - Senab Adekunle, BackgroundVocalist - Reese Robinson, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Dan Priddy, Programmer, Keyboard, AdditionalProducer - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Michael Freeman, MixingSecondEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - Will Farquarson, Guitar, BassGuitar - Chris 'woody' Wood, DrumKit - Charlie Barnes, BackgroundVocalist - Bim Amoako-Gyampah, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Piano, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Chris Galland, MixingEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, AdditionalProducer - Will Farquarson, Guitar, BassGuitar - Andy Hall Hall, Programmer - Charlie Barnes, BackgroundVocalist - Robin Florent, MixingSecondEngineer - Scott Desmarais, MixingSecondEngineer - Kianja Harvey-Elliot, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Piano, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Chris Galland, MixingEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - Will Farquarson, Guitar, BassGuitar - Charlie Barnes, BackgroundVocalist - Robin Florent, MixingSecondEngineer - Scott Desmarais, MixingSecondEngineer
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Dan Smith, Producer, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, Synthesizer
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Dan Smith, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Bastille, MainArtist - Will Farquarson, Guitar - Jack Duxbury, Guitar
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Dan Smith, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Bradbury, Cello - Jonny Abraham, Producer, StringArranger - Patrick Savage, Violin - Paul Pritchard, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Chris West, DoubleBass - Alex Gordon, MasteringEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - The Chamber Orchestra Of London, FeaturedArtist, OrchestraMember - Marije Ploemacher, Violin - Gareth Griffiths, Violin - Miranda Allen, Violin - Charlie Barnes, Guitar - Tim Lowe, Cello - Vanessa Lucas-Smith, Cello - Dominic Moore, Violin - Melanie Martin, Viola - George Oulton, RecordingSecondEngineer - Andy Maxwell, RecordingSecondEngineer - Shlomy Dobrinsky, Violin - Senab Adekunle, Choir, ChoirArranger - Tetsuumi Nagata, Viola - Anthony Etheridge, Choir - Nile Bailey, Choir - Daisy Spiers, Viola - Sophie Durrant, Violin - Abimbola Amoako-Gyampah, Choir - Emile Chakalov, Violin - Chrissie Myles, Choir - Eva Thorinsdottir, Violin - Heather Hohmann, Violin - Nikki Gleed, Violin - Lisa Bucknell, Viola - Sarah Berger, Cello - Celia Osu, Choir
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - Will Farquarson, BassGuitar
℗ 2016 Virgin Records Limited
Dan Smith, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Rob Farrer, Percussion - Adrian Bradbury, Cello - Mark Crew, Producer - Mikey Davis, AltoSaxophone - Jonny Abraham, Trumpet - Patrick Savage, Violin - Paul Pritchard, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Alex Gordon, MasteringEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, AdditionalVocalist - Will Farquarson, AdditionalVocalist - The Chamber Orchestra Of London, FeaturedArtist, OrchestraMember - Mitchell Yoshida, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Chris 'woody' Wood, Percussion - Marije Ploemacher, Violin - Simon Marsh, TenorSaxophone - Gareth Griffiths, Violin - Miranda Allen, Violin - Charlie Barnes, AdditionalVocalist - Tim Lowe, Cello - Vanessa Lucas-Smith, Cello - Dominic Moore, Violin - Melanie Martin, Viola - George Oulton, RecordingSecondEngineer - Andy Maxwell, RecordingSecondEngineer - Barnaby Philpott, Trombone - Shlomy Dobrinsky, Violin - Senab Adekunle, Choir, ChoirArranger - Magnus Mehta, Percussion - Tetsuumi Nagata, Viola - Anthony Etheridge, Choir - Nile Bailey, Choir - Daisy Spiers, Viola - Sophie Durrant, Violin - Abimbola Amoako-Gyampah, Choir - Emile Chakalov, Violin - Chrissie Myles, Choir - Jennie Chilton, TenorSaxophone - Eva Thorinsdottir, Violin - Heather Hohmann, Violin - Nikki Gleed, Violin - Lisa Bucknell, Viola - Sarah Berger, Cello - Celia Osu, Choir - Emma Bassett, Trombone - Carl Woodcroft, Tuba - John Rittipo-Moore, BaritoneSaxophone - Christopher "Coach Brodie" West, DoubleBass
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Dan Smith, Producer, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, MasteringEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - Will Farquarson, Guitar, BassGuitar
℗ 2017 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Producer, Piano, Programmer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Dan Priddy, Producer, Programmer, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Michael Freeman, MixingSecondEngineer - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, BackgroundVocalist - Will Farquarson, Guitar, BassGuitar - Chris 'woody' Wood, DrumKit - Oliver Straus, RecordingEngineer - Charlie Barnes, BackgroundVocalist - Alessia Cara, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kianja Harvey-Elliot, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Dan Smith, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Mark Crew, Producer, Programmer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, Keyboard - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, Vocalist, Keyboard - Will Farquarson, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist, BassGuitar - Chris 'woody' Wood, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit
℗ 2015 Virgin Records Limited
Kevin Cronin, ComposerLyricist - TOM KELLY, Tuba - Richard Jones, Viola - Ian Anderson, Viola - Chris Dagger, BassGuitar - Rupert Coulson, MixingEngineer - Dan Smith, Vocalist - Steve Genewick, RecordingEngineer - Gillon Cameron, Violin - Alex Thomas, Percussion - David Brown, DoubleBass - Mat Bartram, RecordingEngineer - Gemma Sharples, Violin - Patrick Savage, Violin - Matthew Kettle, Viola - Bastille, MainArtist - Zoe Martlew, Cello - Juan Gonzales, Violin - Pasha Mansurov, Flute - Hugh Brunt, CoProducer, StringArranger - Sergio Serra, Cello - Poppy Ewence, SopranoVocalist - Catherine Harrison, SopranoVocalist - Sam Wilson, Percussion - Mara Carlyle, Producer, Saw, StringArranger - Hannah Dawson, Violin - Jonathan Byers, Cello - Brendan Morawski, RecordingEngineer - Laura Moody, Cello - Pedro Segundo, Percussion - London Contemporary Orchestra, FeaturedArtist, OrchestraMember - George English, Percussion - Oli Morgan, MasteringEngineer - Iain Maxwell, Trombone - Lucy Goddard, Mezzo-SopranoVocalist - Raja Halder, Violin - Barnaby Philpott, Trombone - Bethany Horak Hallett, Mezzo-SopranoVocalist - Katherine Tinker, Piano - Reinoud Ford, Cello - Richard Bayliss, FrenchHorn - Amy Lyddon, Mezzo-SopranoVocalist - Mandhira De Saram, Violin - Eloisa-Fleur Thom, Violin - Alice Kent, DoubleBass - Oliver Pooley, Percussion - Daisy Vatalaro, Cello - Eve McGrath, SopranoVocalist - Harriet Armston-Clarke, SopranoVocalist - Eleanor Gregory, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Philpott, Trumpet, PiccoloFlute - Antonia Kesel, Violin - Gwen Reed, DoubleBass - Stephanie Edmundson, Viola - Tyler Unland, RecordingEngineer - Radhika de Saram, Violin - Zoe Matthews, Viola - Nicole Crespo O'Donoghue, Violin - Alexandra Caldon, Violin - Matthew Maguire, Viola - Paul Cott, FrenchHorn - Anna De Briun, Violin - Anna Ovsyanikova, Violin - Edward McCullagh, Violin - Cara Laskaris, Violin - Maria Fiore Mazzarini, Violin - Eloise Riddell, DoubleBass - Phillippa Slack, FrenchHorn - Dave Geoghegan, Trumpet, PiccoloFlute - Olivia Jageurs, Harp - Heloise Werner, SopranoVocalist - Zahra Benyounes, Violin
℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
After confronting global corruption on 2016's Wild World, it's only natural that the men of Bastille would feel the need for escape that they express on Doom Days. It's as necessary to take moments to just exist as it is to resist the world's injustices, and the band's third album follows a night out with friends and possible lovers, from singing along with the radio on the way to the party to waking up on the floor the next morning. However, their attempts to ignore the world around them on Doom Days are even more relatable because they can't shut it out entirely. "We never knew what we had," Dan Smith sings on "Quarter Past Midnight," capturing the way it's possible to be nostalgic for a moment before it has passed. Though Bastille's choruses are as rousing as ever, on this song and throughout the album there's a newfound intimacy to their music as they explore everyday loneliness and hope in a time of crisis. On the title track, Smith recites a litany of 2010s disasters ("I'm livestreaming the final days of Rome" once again harks back to the band's smash hit "Pompeii"), but chooses to stay present instead of worrying about the latest bad news. Similarly, the celebratory pulse of "Nocturnal Creatures" reaffirms that good times shine all the brighter when people live in the constant shadow of something ominous. Thanks to its concept, Doom Days is easily the group's most cohesive album yet, but as they tighten their focus, they also expand their sound. Alongside quintessentially heartfelt Bastille songs like "Another Place" are tracks such as "4AM," which moves from a cozy acoustic singalong to brass and beats with the seamless flow of their mixtapes, and "Million Pieces," which sets Doom Days' escapist heights to rhythms that evoke '90s garage. On "Joy," the band draws on the power of a gospel choir to give the album a happy ending that feels well-earned, even if it's only temporary. 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.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:57
- Main artists: Bastille
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI (Virgin)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2019 Virgin Records Limited ℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
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