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Bastille is a band on familiar terms with looming disaster. Even their album about a night out was called Doom Days, a title that feels all the more prescient considering that the COVID-19 global pandemic brought everything to a halt less than a year after its release. It's not surprising, then, that they found plenty of inspiration during lockdown-induced screen time. Give Me the Future's hyperarticulate songs channel Doom Days' escapism into a virtual world and muse on the ramifications, both good and bad. Dan Smith and company set the tone with "Distorted Light Beam," a piece of gleaming electropop that sells the boundless potential of a virtual life -- and hints at just how quickly the boundaries between fantasy and reality can vanish. Bastille are as culturally literate as ever, presenting the past and the future as equally viable options to get lost in with copious pop culture allusions. The 1980s have always been dear to the band's heart, but the references to the decade's technological advances and societal upheaval, as well as its sounds and images, are especially relevant this time around. On the whole, Give Me the Future feels as indebted to '80s concept albums like Styx's Kilroy Was Here as it does to Random Access Memories; along the way, Bastille shout out to Keith Haring on "Club 57," pay tribute to "Raspberry Beret" and one of film's ultimate escapes on "Thelma and Louise," and pack a comic convention's worth of sci-fi allusions into "Back to the Future." As conceptual as Give Me the Future gets, the humanity in Bastille's music presides. The craving for connection that only gets stronger as the world -- both real and virtual -- grows more fragmented is reflected not just in the band's music but in how they made the album. For the first time, Bastille worked with outside songwriters on songs like the brooding "Stay Awake?" and brought in Riz Ahmed for some twisty wordplay on "Promises." It's no coincidence that many of the strongest moments on the album are about reaching out in real life. "No Bad Days" offers a glimpse of real-life emotions that can't be avoided, "Shut Off the Lights" is a bouncy, Graceland-worshiping reminder for the very online to take a break every now and then, and "Future Holds" closes the album on an optimistic note with a return to Doom Days' gospel influences. While thematic consistency is undeniably one of Bastille's strengths -- they're one of a handful of pop bands to focus on concept albums -- at times Give Me the Future feels a bit heavy-handed. Fortunately, the album's brisk pace saves it from feeling overblown. This is music for and of its moment, with a mix of ambition and pop concision that's unmistakably Bastille.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
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Ryan Tedder, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Llinos Richards, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Priddy, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Crew, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, Computermusic Voices, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Langley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rich Rich, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marty Rod, ComposerLyricist - Ciara Ismail, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Wolach, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marty Maro, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Jordan Bergmans, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - JFAbraham, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rami Yacoub, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Priddy, Producer, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Crew, Producer, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Will Farquarson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Barnes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Duxbury, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Wolach, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bim Amoako-Gyampah, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Priddy, Producer, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Crew, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Bastille, MainArtist - Phil Plested, ComposerLyricist - Jack Duxbury, Guitar, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Wolach, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rami Yacoub, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Llinos Richards, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Crew, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bastille, MainArtist - Rosie Langley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ciara Ismail, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Wolach, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jordan Bergmans, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - JFAbraham, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rami Yacoub, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Llinos Richards, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Priddy, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Crew, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Will Farquarson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Langley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Chris 'woody' Wood, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Barnes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ciara Ismail, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Duxbury, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rittipo, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Barnaby Philpott, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Wolach, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jordan Bergmans, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - JFAbraham, String Arranger, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Llinos Richards, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Crew, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bastille, MainArtist - Vicky Lyon, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ciara Ismail, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Wolach, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jordan Bergmans, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - JFAbraham, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Crew, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bastille, MainArtist - Riz Ahmed, Producer, Recording Engineer, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2021 Riz Ahmed
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Priddy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Crew, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Paul Cooper, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Will Farquarson, Guitar, Bass, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Plested, ComposerLyricist - Jonny Coffer, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chris 'woody' Wood, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Barnes, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Foster, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rittipo, Saxophone, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Barnaby Philpott, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Wolach, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JFAbraham, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Meredith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Speirs, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa O’Callaghan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rami Yacoub, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Priddy, Producer, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Crew, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Bastille, MainArtist - Charlie Barnes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Wolach, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - May Charters, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Llinos Richards, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Priddy, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Crew, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Pelleymounter, ComposerLyricist - Bastille, MainArtist - Rosie Langley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Barnes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ciara Ismail, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rittipo, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Barnaby Philpott, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Wolach, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jordan Bergmans, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - JFAbraham, String Arranger, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Virgin Records Limited
Ryan Tedder, ComposerLyricist - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Scott, Whistle, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Crew, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Bastille, MainArtist - Will Farquarson, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Duxbury, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Wolach, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Llinos Richards, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Crew, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Pelleymounter, ComposerLyricist - Bastille, MainArtist - Rosie Langley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ciara Ismail, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jordan Bergmans, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - JFAbraham, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bim, FeaturedArtist - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Crew, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Bastille, MainArtist - Jack Duxbury, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Senab Adekunle, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Wolach, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bim Amoako-Gyampah, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Virgin Records Limited
DISC 2
Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Llinos Richards, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Bastille, MainArtist - Rosie Langley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ciara Ismail, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Beau Colburn, ComposerLyricist - Jordan Bergmans, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - JFAbraham, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Virgin Records Limited
Ryan Tedder, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Priddy, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Crew, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Dan Grech-Marguerat, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bastille, MainArtist - Jack Duxbury, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Haydon Hicks, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Burgoyne, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Virgin Records Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Priddy, Producer, Keyboards, Additional Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Crew, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jonny Abraham, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Plested, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tinashé Fazakerley, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Barnes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Pellymounter, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonji, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Virgin Records Limited
Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Priddy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Crew, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Cass Irvine, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Cooper, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bastille, MainArtist - Kyle Simmons, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Will Farquarson, Guitar, Bass, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Plested, ComposerLyricist - Jonny Coffer, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chris 'woody' Wood, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Barnes, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Foster, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rittipo, Saxophone, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Barnaby Philpott, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Wolach, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Spinall, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - JFAbraham, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Meredith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Speirs, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa O’Callaghan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
Bastille is a band on familiar terms with looming disaster. Even their album about a night out was called Doom Days, a title that feels all the more prescient considering that the COVID-19 global pandemic brought everything to a halt less than a year after its release. It's not surprising, then, that they found plenty of inspiration during lockdown-induced screen time. Give Me the Future's hyperarticulate songs channel Doom Days' escapism into a virtual world and muse on the ramifications, both good and bad. Dan Smith and company set the tone with "Distorted Light Beam," a piece of gleaming electropop that sells the boundless potential of a virtual life -- and hints at just how quickly the boundaries between fantasy and reality can vanish. Bastille are as culturally literate as ever, presenting the past and the future as equally viable options to get lost in with copious pop culture allusions. The 1980s have always been dear to the band's heart, but the references to the decade's technological advances and societal upheaval, as well as its sounds and images, are especially relevant this time around. On the whole, Give Me the Future feels as indebted to '80s concept albums like Styx's Kilroy Was Here as it does to Random Access Memories; along the way, Bastille shout out to Keith Haring on "Club 57," pay tribute to "Raspberry Beret" and one of film's ultimate escapes on "Thelma and Louise," and pack a comic convention's worth of sci-fi allusions into "Back to the Future." As conceptual as Give Me the Future gets, the humanity in Bastille's music presides. The craving for connection that only gets stronger as the world -- both real and virtual -- grows more fragmented is reflected not just in the band's music but in how they made the album. For the first time, Bastille worked with outside songwriters on songs like the brooding "Stay Awake?" and brought in Riz Ahmed for some twisty wordplay on "Promises." It's no coincidence that many of the strongest moments on the album are about reaching out in real life. "No Bad Days" offers a glimpse of real-life emotions that can't be avoided, "Shut Off the Lights" is a bouncy, Graceland-worshiping reminder for the very online to take a break every now and then, and "Future Holds" closes the album on an optimistic note with a return to Doom Days' gospel influences. While thematic consistency is undeniably one of Bastille's strengths -- they're one of a handful of pop bands to focus on concept albums -- at times Give Me the Future feels a bit heavy-handed. Fortunately, the album's brisk pace saves it from feeling overblown. This is music for and of its moment, with a mix of ambition and pop concision that's unmistakably Bastille.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:54
- Main artists: Bastille
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2022 Virgin Records Limited ℗ 2022 Virgin Records Limited
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