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Members
Dan Smith – Lead vocals, keyboards, percussion
Kyle Simmons – Keyboards, percussion, bass, backing vocals, synthesizers
Will Farquarson – Bass, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
Chris "Woody" Wood – Drums, beats, backing vocals
Dan Smith – Lead vocals, keyboards, percussion
Kyle Simmons – Keyboards, percussion, bass, backing vocals, synthesizers
Will Farquarson – Bass, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
Chris "Woody" Wood – Drums, beats, backing vocals
ALL ABOUT BASTILLE
Bastille is an indie pop, indie rock and synthpop alternative dance band.They began as a solo project by singer-songwriter Dan Smith, who later decided to form a band. The four-piece is completed by Chris 'Woody' Wood, William Farquarson, and Kyle Simmons. The name of the band derives from Bastille Day – an event celebrated on Smith's birthday, 14 July. On 27 April 2012, their first official single release, "Overjoyed", was released through Virgin Records, as confirmed by EMI on 1 May 2012. Following its video premiere in November 2011, popular music publication, Q Magazine introduced the track as its 'Track of the Day' for 7 March 2012.[8] The second single to be released from the upcoming debut studio album, Bad Blood, was the title-track, "Bad Blood". An accompanying video for the single was released on the band's official VEVO channel on 29 June 2012, and digitally through Virgin Records on 20 August 2012.
In February 2013, Bastille confirmed the release of the fourth single to be taken from Bad Blood, "Pompeii". The song was positively reviewed by critics, reaching number two in the United Kingdom and number five in the US. Their debut album Bad Blood was released on 4 March 2013, and placed at number one in the UK Albums Chart . On 9 October 2013, Bastille released a new single, "Of the Night", a mash-up of the songs "The Rhythm of the Night" by Corona and "Rhythm Is a Dancer" by Snap!. The single debuted at number two on UK Singles chart. The song was promoting All This Bad Blood, a reissue of the band's debut album, released on 25 November 2013.In September 2014, they released the last single from Bad Blood, "Oblivion", with double a-side "Bad news".
In late 2013, Bastille began to play new songs called "Blame", "Campus" and "Weapon", which featured rapper Angel Haze. Another song called "Oil On Water" was played during sound check and leaked online. They began proper work on the album in 2014 and planned to start recording it in September. Farquarson said that they have "16 or 17 tracks" demoed already for the album. He also said “We’re going into the studio in September to record; hopefully by then we’ll have 20 or maybe more. I think it’s always better to have more material and whittle it down. Our producer has gone on tour with us, so we've been doing things on our days off and during sound checks."Dan Smith said the album will include more guitars saying "we didn't really have much of that on the first album and it may not end up on it but it would be quite interesting to try it out. We feel quite free. If we want to go quite electronic then we can and if we want to go more rocky and indie then we can.On 21 October 2014, Bastille announced their third mix tape, VS. (Other People's Heartache, Pt.III) with the release of their song "Torn Apart", featuring the artist Grades and Lizzo on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show. They also wrote the song "The Driver" for the re-score of the movie, Drive which was released a week later and will also feature on the mix tape. VS. (Other People's Heartache, Pt.III) will be made up entirely of original content, unlike OPH Pt. I and OPH Pt. II which consisted of a combination of original songs and covers. Artists who are featured include: Gemma Sharples Quartet, Haim, MNEK, Tyde, Rationale, Lizzo, Grades, Angel Haze, F*U*G*Z, Braque, Rag N Bone Man, and Skunk Anansie. VS. (Other People's Heartache, Pt.III) was released on 8 December 2014.
Bastille is an indie pop, indie rock and synthpop alternative dance band.They began as a solo project by singer-songwriter Dan Smith, who later decided to form a band. The four-piece is completed by Chris 'Woody' Wood, William Farquarson, and Kyle Simmons. The name of the band derives from Bastille Day – an event celebrated on Smith's birthday, 14 July. On 27 April 2012, their first official single release, "Overjoyed", was released through Virgin Records, as confirmed by EMI on 1 May 2012. Following its video premiere in November 2011, popular music publication, Q Magazine introduced the track as its 'Track of the Day' for 7 March 2012.[8] The second single to be released from the upcoming debut studio album, Bad Blood, was the title-track, "Bad Blood". An accompanying video for the single was released on the band's official VEVO channel on 29 June 2012, and digitally through Virgin Records on 20 August 2012.
In February 2013, Bastille confirmed the release of the fourth single to be taken from Bad Blood, "Pompeii". The song was positively reviewed by critics, reaching number two in the United Kingdom and number five in the US. Their debut album Bad Blood was released on 4 March 2013, and placed at number one in the UK Albums Chart . On 9 October 2013, Bastille released a new single, "Of the Night", a mash-up of the songs "The Rhythm of the Night" by Corona and "Rhythm Is a Dancer" by Snap!. The single debuted at number two on UK Singles chart. The song was promoting All This Bad Blood, a reissue of the band's debut album, released on 25 November 2013.In September 2014, they released the last single from Bad Blood, "Oblivion", with double a-side "Bad news".
In late 2013, Bastille began to play new songs called "Blame", "Campus" and "Weapon", which featured rapper Angel Haze. Another song called "Oil On Water" was played during sound check and leaked online. They began proper work on the album in 2014 and planned to start recording it in September. Farquarson said that they have "16 or 17 tracks" demoed already for the album. He also said “We’re going into the studio in September to record; hopefully by then we’ll have 20 or maybe more. I think it’s always better to have more material and whittle it down. Our producer has gone on tour with us, so we've been doing things on our days off and during sound checks."Dan Smith said the album will include more guitars saying "we didn't really have much of that on the first album and it may not end up on it but it would be quite interesting to try it out. We feel quite free. If we want to go quite electronic then we can and if we want to go more rocky and indie then we can.On 21 October 2014, Bastille announced their third mix tape, VS. (Other People's Heartache, Pt.III) with the release of their song "Torn Apart", featuring the artist Grades and Lizzo on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show. They also wrote the song "The Driver" for the re-score of the movie, Drive which was released a week later and will also feature on the mix tape. VS. (Other People's Heartache, Pt.III) will be made up entirely of original content, unlike OPH Pt. I and OPH Pt. II which consisted of a combination of original songs and covers. Artists who are featured include: Gemma Sharples Quartet, Haim, MNEK, Tyde, Rationale, Lizzo, Grades, Angel Haze, F*U*G*Z, Braque, Rag N Bone Man, and Skunk Anansie. VS. (Other People's Heartache, Pt.III) was released on 8 December 2014.