Doom Days
by Bastille
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 86 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 86
  3. Negative: 6 out of 86
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  1. davidglass
    Jun 15, 2019
    4
    We were tempted by Quarter Past Midnight and Joy. However, with a title such as Doom Days you could foresee how this album might play out and it doesn't let you down in that respect. The vocal and harmonies fail to raise this set of songs from sounding like an evening in with the un-dead..
    The lead vocal sounds like he is zombie captain and seems mainly in pain and other distresses.The    We were tempted by Quarter Past Midnight and Joy. However, with a title such as Doom Days you could foresee how this album might play out and it doesn't let you down in that respect. The vocal and harmonies fail to raise this set of songs from sounding like an evening in with the un-dead..
    The lead vocal sounds like he is zombie captain and seems mainly in pain and other distresses.The harmony fails to counteract.
    I sit here writing, imagining sitting / standing watching people attempting to sing along to this, watching pain in their faces, heartbreak in tour t-shirts, weeping, feeling thoroughly depressed at exit.
    Fortunately, by the time they take their offspring , Bastille will be merely running off their catchy greatest singles list and the said offspring will be spared the dreariness. 4 ZZZZ    … Expand
  2. AntoineLeTurc
    Jun 15, 2019
    4
    A pretty dissapointing third album. The production and instrumental is the biggest issue on the album. The hooks aren't as catchy and Dan Smith's performances could be better and more divers. Crossing my fingers for their next album to be finally great
  3. LebowskiRams
    Jun 16, 2019
    4
    Every indie/electro pop cliche dilutes the lyrical content. Except for Joy — Joy is excellent

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. musicOMH.com
    Jun 24, 2019
    60
    Mostly this is just a bit Bastille by numbers. If you’re looking for a photocopy of their previous albums, faded and off-colour, Doom Days will satisfy.
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  2. DIY Magazine
    Jun 14, 2019
    80
    A record which thrives on evoking feeling and catharsis, while remaining committed to their personal influences, on Doom Days they’ve managed to deftly build a conceptual world not all too different to the one we’re facing right now, and that feels like a triumph in itself.
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  3. Q Magazine
    Jun 14, 2019
    80
    An album overflowing with ambition and ideas. [Summer 2019, p.109]
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