Bastille
So there's this band called Bastille...
Bastille are an alternate rock/indie band from South London. To start with they were a solo act by Dan Smith. But in 2010 they formed as a group of four.
Bastille debuted with their first two singles Flaws and Icarus in June 2011. It was closely followed with the single Laura Palmer EP later in 2011. The EP featured a few more songs including; Laura Palmer, Overjoyed, Things We Lost In The Fire and Get Home. After releasing more tracks online the band came to gather more fans and a solid following. During the summer of 2011 Bastille performed at a number of legendary UK festivals, including Glastonbury, Blissfields and the Isle of Wight.
On the 27th April 2012 the single Overjoyed was officially released and was thought of as the Virgin Records debut single from Bastille. Q Magazine introduced the song as track of the day on 7th March 2012, after the video release of Overjoyed on YouTube.
The single Bad Blood was released on 20th August. Following the release of the video, on the 25th July the Guardian news named Bastille as the ‘New Band of the Day’.
During the summer of 2012 Bastille were back on the festival circuit, performing at more legendary UK festivals including Reading and Leeds festival. They played a headline tour in October 2012 with Swiss Lips. Also late last year they supported Emeli Sandé. Bastille played their first show outside of Europe on 3rd December 2012 at Hong Kong’s Clockenflap Music & Art Festival.
The band will be supporting Two Door Cinema Club on their UK tour throughout January and February 2013. They will tour through Europe in April following the release of their debut album, which is being released in March. You should buy it and go and see them, you will be happy with what you see. They are awesome!
FUN FACT! The group are called Bastille because of Bastille Day- the founder of the group’s birthday. The band is made up of four talented guys; Dan Smith, Chris 'Woody' Wood, Will Farquarson and Kyle Simmons
On the 27th January 2013, the band released two mixtapes: Other People’s Heartache Part One including covers of various songs including the enchanting song Blue Jeans by Lana Del Rey and Other People’s Heartache Part Two featuring covers of more songs including Dreams by Fleetwood Mac.
If you haven't been listening to them whilst reading this here you go...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVgeTLWcpxs&list=LL9ctzTifv2rpmUyPmXtPyyg
This is an acoustic song, it is quickly becoming my favourite single from Bastille.
And here is another one for you guys...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F90Cw4l-8NY&list=LL9ctzTifv2rpmUyPmXtPyyg
You'll love this one, I do. It makes you want to get up and dance like no one's watching, I highly recommend that you do, it is so fun.
Anyway, go and listen and comment if you love them!
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