It is a sickening amount of time since I last blogged, thanks to my good friend THE DISSERTATION. Since said friend has now been all submitted and deleted from my life (aside from today's finding of a mistake when looking for a quote... WEEP), I will try and get this blog back in action. Gonna start with a review of Bastille's Pompeii that I wrote months ago, but never found time to upload. Seems like a good time to whack it on here, since it's currently flying high in the charts, and deservedly so. I am in love with this song and this band.
[NB. I might try out some new layout-y font-y things on this. Bare with me].
In the three years they’ve been together, Bastille haven’t done too badly for themselves. Performing at various festivals, securing major tour support slots and having their songs featuring on Made in Chelsea and Dancing on Ice to name just a few achievements, it seems they’ve set themselves up for a pretty successful 2013.
Starting as a solo project and developing into a quartet, Bastille seem set to break the swarms of generic ‘alternative’ band we’ve had over the years. From the opening seconds of Pompeii, there’s a feeling of empowerment and optimism, needed for most at this miserable time of year. Aided by the lyrics “how am I gonna be an optimist about this,” and a simple yet intricate musical arrangement, particularly the drum solos, there’s nothing not to love about this.
There’s so many layers to this song that’s it’s almost impossible to fit them all into one review. 2013 is most definitely going to be the year for Bastille, and that’s fine by us. Now, anyone for summer?
5/5
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