Give Me the Future
by Bastille
  • Record Label: EMI
  • Release Date: Feb 4, 2022
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
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  1. Colin_
    Sep 19, 2022
    4
    Bastille delivers a couple flashes in the pan on this one, and although cohesive in it's subject matter, it felt like they took the worst sounds from their previous works and used that to make a mediocre pop piece. It's dissociation from it's traditional audience reflects perfectly on the dissociation the album haphazardly tries to portray. It feels as though Dan Smith read one DailyMailBastille delivers a couple flashes in the pan on this one, and although cohesive in it's subject matter, it felt like they took the worst sounds from their previous works and used that to make a mediocre pop piece. It's dissociation from it's traditional audience reflects perfectly on the dissociation the album haphazardly tries to portray. It feels as though Dan Smith read one DailyMail article on the metaverse and made a whole album from it, hardly getting into any nitty gritty subjects that could come with our new nightmare of online relations.… Expand

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Pitchfork
    Feb 14, 2022
    47
    Give Me the Future is almost perverse in its inability or unwillingness to develop its premise beyond the most basic and obvious elements.
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  2. AllMusic
    Feb 4, 2022
    70
    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.
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  3. musicOMH.com
    Feb 4, 2022
    80
    There’s everything from glitchy pop, dance tracks and emo rock on this album, but a key message, Smith’s unique vocals, and a tendency towards electronic earworms, make it a sonically cohesive work that has just the perfect touch of modern life to make us feel something, but with enough escapism that we don’t burn out from it.
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