South London’s Dan Smith has spent a good part of the last year writing and recording under the moniker BASTILLE (Facebook/Twitter), and that is about all I can find on the man to be perfectly honest. I first picked him up after Ollie wrote him up on My Band’s Better Than Your Band in January – but now the lovely girls from Young & Lost Club are giving him a proper release with a 7″.
Single FLAWS demonstrates BASTILLE’s ability to envelop his beautiful soaring vocals in simple electronic beeps and beats to create something damn close to a perfect pop song in my book. Then the B-Side of Icarus takes a slightly different more fragile tone, with the same beautiful vocals and danceable rhythms, but this time wrapped in little more that a piano and soft string movements.
[Pre-Order] BASTILLE – FLAWS/Icarus on 7″ from Young & Lost Club
(Set for release on 04/07 but get in there fast – it’s limited to 300 copies)
Laura Palmer by BASTILLE
Things We Lost In The Fire (Deux Freq remix) by BASTILLE
Stop & Stare by Fenech-Soler (BASTILLE remix) by BASTILLE
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Seriously, this guy is amazing! Can’t stop listening to him, definitely someone to keep an eye on!
Yeah he’s a serious talent, and the new stuff we’re hearing is just as special. Definitely one to watch.
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We crammed Bastille into a rather hot and sweaty
room at Proud Galleries in Camden to perform their new single ‘Flaws’. It’s
Brilliant!
Watch it here: http://youtu.be/iU_gvo2J7VQ
What do you think?
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It’s a lovely rendition when so stripped down and simple with little more than a keyboard and voices. Amazing!
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