Give Me the Future
Give Me the Future is the fourth studio album by British indie pop band Bastille, released on 4 February 2022 through EMI Records. It was executive produced by Ryan Tedder. The album was preceded by the singles "Distorted Light Beam", "Give Me the Future", and "Thelma + Louise", and subsequently announced alongside the release of the fourth single "No Bad Days". A fifth single titled "Shut Off the Lights" launched nearly three weeks prior to the album release.
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| Released | 4 February 2022 | |||
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| Length | 32:15 40:53 (deluxe) 70:47 (+ Dreams of the Past) | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
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| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.1/10 |
| Metacritic | 72/100 |
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| Clash | 8/10 |
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| Pitchfork | 4.7/10 |
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A deluxe version of the album was released on 7 February 2022. It includes the single "Survivin'” from their 2020 Goosebumps EP. Bastille toured the UK and Europe starting in April 2022 in support of the album. A super deluxe version of the album, entitled Give Me the Future + Dreams of the Past, was released on 26 August 2022, split into three "paths": Give Me the Future, Dreams of the Past and Other People's Heartache, which includes fourteen new tracks and is the fifth installment into Bastille's series of mixtapes, Other People's Heartache.