Badlands is the debut extended play by Australian band Bad Dreems, released on 19 July 2013.
The EP comprises songs written throughout the history of the band. Cameron said "Chills" is the first song they ever wrote, whilst "Hoping for" is the most recent. The recording occurred over the space of a year in various recording sessions.
Guitarist Alex Cameron describes the album as "not an album where you really plan the vision and you sit down and map out ten songs and record them in one sitting – it's more of a collection of the singles that we put online, plus a few new songs."[1]
Kathy Pollock from 4zzz wrote, "Badlands is a short, fast exploration of isolation, paranoia, and frustration" calling the band's sound as "undeniably Australian".[3]
Patrick Emery from Beat Magazine felt "Bad/Dreems' six song EP Badlands has a veneer of pop elegance, and an abrasive underbelly that makes you think twice about hanging out in [Adelaide] too long".[4]
