Bastille - Bad Blood (2013) [FLAC]
Released: 2013
Duration: 45:53
Genre: Pop/Rock
Style: Indie Electronic
Codec: FLAC
Bit Rate: ~ 950 kbps
Bits Per Sample: 16
Sample Rate: 44,100 Hz
01 Pompeii
02 Things We Lost In The Fire
03 Bad Blood
04 Overjoyed
05 These Streets
06 Weight Of Living Pt. II
07 Icarus
08 Oblivion
09 Flaws
10 Daniel In The Den
11 Laura Palmer
12 Get Home
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.