Drop the needle at any point in the album, and hear Smith’s proclamations that he is in the future, and he can do anything, and be anyone, and the simulation is like a dream, a dream that is good but perhaps so good that it’s also bad. The songs are virtually interchangeable. Smith isn’t keen on interviews or photoshoots (“Just to warn you, I have no control over my face,” he says, deadpan, approaching the photographer). He seems at ease today, although he tells me his university friends still find it hilarious that someone as introverted as him is the lead singer of a mainstream band.

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Shutler, Ali (3 February 2022). "Bastille – Give Me the Future Album Review". DIY . Retrieved 3 February 2022. Johnson, Chloe (4 February 2022). "Bastille - Give Me The Future". MusicOMH . Retrieved 28 May 2023. a b Grice, Alisdair (4 February 2022). "BASTILLE - GIVE ME THE FUTURE". DIY . Retrieved 28 May 2023.You’ll also hear the voice of award-winning actor, musician, writer, creator, producer, director and activist Riz Ahmed on a spell-binding and evocative spoken word piece called Promises. Riz’s piece was a response the album and brings its overarching themes into sharp focus. Dan Smith performing with Bastille at the 2016 V festival. Photograph: Stuart C Wilson/Getty Images I was thinking about Sufjan Stevens and Bon Iver and all the acoustic artists who manage to write music that is both orchestral and floaty, but also a grounded in some grit,” he says. “It was very much at odds with all of the synthesizers, drum machines, and electronic instruments and the production that we were using for Give Me The Future, but I feel super proud of it.” The double album contains 3 separate stories, each focused on their own themes, while still adhering to an overarching world built by the band to tell the album’s story. a b Neale, Matthew (27 October 2021). "Bastille announce major UK arena tour for 2022". NME . Retrieved 17 November 2021.