Bastille has shared their first single “Joy” from their new album Doom Days.
The upcoming album explores the idea of the “apocalyptic house party”. It will also experiment with gospel choirs and isn’t afraid to get dark and personal.
Frontman Dan Smith has spoken about the new single and has confirmed that it will come at the end of the album. It’s about waking up after a wild night and feeling your worries come rushing back.
“Joy is the moment at the end, almost that moment of redemption when you wake up on the kitchen floor and all of the anxieties come flooding in,” Smith told NME. “Something as simple as a call or a message from somebody can bring you back at that moment and rip the p**s out of you, make you feel ridiculous for the state you were in.”
Keyboardist Kyle Simmons added: “It’s the song that’s most obviously influenced by our re-orchestrated tour. The gospel singers are over the entire track. It’s crazy and to have it as the second most important on the track, that’s something we wouldn’t have done before,” explained keyboardist Kyle Simmons.”
He added: “It’s also a relatively happy song, the first in all the albums which is vaguely positive!”
Bastille will be hitting multiple festivals this summer.
