Album info

• Title “&” (Ampersand)
• Artist Bastille
• Year 2024
• Genre Alternative

Tracklist

1. Intros & Narrators
2. Eve & Paradise Lost
3. Emily & Her Penthouse in the Sky
4. Blue Sky & the Painter
5. Leonard & Marianne
6. Marie & Polonium
7. Red Wine & Wilde
8. Seasons & Narcissus
9. Drawbridge & The Baroness
10. The Somprano & Midnight Wonderings (feat. BIM)
11. Essie & Paul
12. Mademoiselle & the Nunnery Blaze
13. Zheng Yi Sao & Questions for Her
14. Telegraph Road 1977 & 2024

Thoughts

This was always going to be a tricky offering - I’m not a big fan of concept albums as they are usually style over substance and this one seemed to be quite… deep. But I also liked the idea of digging into history and putting another spin on things, and the first track about unreliable narrators sets the scene quite well.

It’s a very chill album so you’re going to have to be in the right mood for it, and ultimately I think the best mood is going to be cuddled up on a sofa in front of a fire with a blanket, a hot chocolate, and a great set of headphones, giving it time just to listen through the whole thing. I’m never going to do that though, which in turn means I’m probably not going to listen to this again.

Rating: 2 / 5