The neo-synth pop group Bastille were formed in London, England in 2010. Originally the solo project of singer/songwriter Dan Smith, Bastille expanded to a quartet after he decided to form a band and got some of his friends involved. The band attracted a lot of attention after putting a few tracks online, leading to support slots at major U.K. festivals like Glastonbury and the Isle of Wight. While their lush, heavily '80s-inspired melodies, anthemic choruses, and literate, emotionally raw lyrics, delivered in Smith's swooping voice, undoubtedly appealed to kids weaned on the sounds of La Roux and Florence + the Machine, at least part of the hype was due to the flagrantly copyright-breaching videos that Smith, an ardent film buff, edited together out of footage from old movies like Terrence Malick's Badlands. Eventually they secured a deal with hip indie label Young and Lost Club and released their debut 7" single, Flaws/Icarus, in July 2011. This was followed later that year by Laura Palmer EP, named for the teenaged murder victim in David Lynch's cult '90s TV series Twin Peaks; the creepy accompanying video for the track "Overjoyed" was also heavily inspired by the series. The group returned in 2013 with their debut album Bad Blood.
T**D
Sounds great and great postage!
Sounds great and great postage!
M**M
Why is this not avAILABLE ON cd?!!!
A Fantastic compilation of all the group's singles yet available only in vinyl format. If you go to the band's U.S. website, you can buy this vinyl release and you get for free all the tracks in mp3 format.I only wish / pray that the record company released this as a limited edition cd so we who still love to have the physical format could enjoy this incredible music and listen to it in WAV as opposed to the inferior mp3 format.Why this wasn't released alongside All this Bad Blood in some sort of "Super Fan package" is beyond me!!!
