BASTILLE
over 300,000 views and struck a chord with youtube viewers from all over the world who posted cover versions of the track. ‘ Flaws’ was subsequently released as a single by the label Young and Lost and the band became a fi rm favourite with online bloggers proclaiming them as the creators of the perfect modern day pop song.
What Plans Do You Have for 2013? A lot is happening this coming year, it’s going to be really hectic. We have our debut album (Bad Blood) out in March and we are doing lots of touring. We are supporting Two Door Cinema Club pretty soon and then embarking on our own tour.
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oud spoke to the uber talented singer/songwriter and producer Dan Smith; who created the band Bastille as
a vehicle for his diff erent musical worlds. Bastille are full of songs with danceable rhythms and beautiful soaring vocals encased in harmonies and bleeps.
Bastille started to build a word of mouth following online after Dan uploaded a makeshift D.I.Y video for the track ‘Flaws’ which pieced together footage from Terence Malick’s 1973 classic ‘Badlands’. It had
As a Songwriter What Made You Want to Form a Band? I really wanted to play a lot of the songs I’d put together live, so I got together a few friends and formed Bastille. I’m a bit of a control freak as well so in a way I wanted to play these songs with my own band and not pass them to someone else. The guys in the band contribute a lot and I’m lucky enough to co-produce the tracks.
How Do You Go About Writing Songs? I’m not self-disciplined enough to sit in an allocated time and write songs, its amazing how many songs are written in this way. I write when I feel inspired at inappropriate
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