#5 BASTILLE

Monday, 19 November 2012 0 comments

Although no stranger to the music industry, it seems Bastille are about to be one of the biggest new names.

It comes as no surprise that one of Bastille’s singles went to No1 on the Hype Machine chart, another appearing in Hollyoaks and a third featuring as the soundtrack to Made in Chelsea.

Previous to forming the band in 2011, Smith wrote songs with Nick Littlemore of Empire of the Sun, whilst signed to Elton John’s management company. With a support to Emeli Sande and a sold out show at London’s Koko, it seems everything is falling in place for Bastille.

Hailing from South London, the four piece band create soaring melodies, displaying a sense of maturity and strength, much different to the previous Dan Smith, writing beautifully composed workings as a young singer-songwriter cooped up in his bedroom. Undoubtedly, a natural progression from being a solo project to a full band, however the songs are not a collaborative effort in terms of song writing.

Many of the works were produced in Smiths bedroom. Turning to friends- the other members of the band were recruited to make the sound better. Now, performing the songs live collectively as a four piece, ‘Bastille’ has emerged.

The electronic single, ‘Flaws’ encapsulates the growth of the aforementioned Dan Smith producing from his bedroom to playing some of the biggest festivals slots including Glastonbury. It’s an indication of where Bastille is at as a band and what is to come from this promising venture.

On the flipside, ‘Icarus’ is a rhythm-led, upbeat song, described by Smith as pop music with some integrity and brains behind it. The record was put out by Young and Lost Club, whom previously the likes of Everything Everything and Noah & The Whale.

Having reached over 700,000 views on YouTube for the single ‘Flaws’ it seems everyone wants to know more about this band I am sure they’ll be a lot more where that came from in 2013.

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