Bastille - Good Grief

Bastille’s first teaser of new album ‘Wild World’ came in the form of ‘Lesser Of 2 Evils’, a creeping interlude seeing Dan Smith at his most booming and twisted.

First single proper ‘Good Grief’ is the polar opposite - a lesson in maximalism that shows Bastille at their most playful and confident. ‘Bad Blood’ showed the band as able to twist some pretty bleak subject matter into heart-pumping pop, and ‘Good Grief’ lays it out more clearly than before - Smith’s even “dancing at a funeral”.

Bonkers voiceovers, almost gospel backing vocals and a chorus to rival even that of ‘Pompeii’ - Bastille are hurtling into their second album with crashing momentum. Seems like these little maniacs want to release one of the hits of the year