.bastilledan breaks down third album DoomDays
Dan Smith knows the end times are nigh, and it’s going to take a lot more than a massive bender to pull him back from the brink., out today , frontman and lead songwriter Dan Smith maps out a debaucherous night of self-indulgence that may or may not be occurring amid actual armageddon. Structured like a loose concept record with no specific characters but a discernible narrative cohesion, the album hits the various beats of a night out when the stakes could never be higher.
However, their new “musical home” at One Eyed Jack’s kept the band from going completely insular, thanks to the regular influx of emerging talent sharing the studio space. This coexistent creative environment became crucial once Smith realized he was going to play host to an apocalyptic party meant to reach max capacity.
The final product is a concise alt-pop set that boosts the importance of meaningful human connection by accentuating the lack of it, while also examining just how long we can distract ourselves before the menace of reality begins to seep back in. Just a few weeks before the album drops, Smith chatted withover a damn fine cup of coffee, as he contemplated the benefits of escapism in the end of days.
I guess it’s an example of one of those songs where I wanted it to subtly exist on a much different level, but it’s grounded in a personal story and you can take away what you will. I wanted to litter the album with pop culture references and references to the apocalypse, to have this almost tongue-in-cheek sense that there’s an apocalypse happening outside, and I guess it’s up to whoever’s listening to decide if they choose to take that as literal.
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