Bad Blood by Bastille

Bad Blood was the debut album from English band Bastille, released in the UK first and in the US six months later. Dan Smith had started Bastille on his own before it grew into a four-piece with keyboardist Kyle Simmons, bassist and guitarist Will Farquarson and drummer Chris "Woody" Wood, and Smith co-produced the record in London with Mark Crew.

It's indie pop with a widescreen streak: pounding drums, chanted, stacked-up vocal hooks and synths that swell like weather fronts, all anchored by Smith's earnest, slightly haunted voice. "Pompeii" was the monster, but "Flaws", "Overjoyed", "Laura Palmer" and "Things We Lost in the Fire" gave the album a surprisingly deep bench of singles. It opened at number one on the UK Albums Chart, went triple platinum at home and earned a British Album of the Year nod at the 2014 BRIT Awards. An expanded edition, All This Bad Blood, followed in November.

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