tutaear.blogg.se

In an interview with Digital Spy in March 2013, " Laura Palmer" was revealed to be the fifth single to be released from the album, by lead vocalist, Dan Smith. On 11 March, Bastille was announced to be playing at the Reading and Leeds Festival in August 2013. Their debut album Bad Blood was released on 4 March 2013, and placed at number one in the UK Albums Chart. The song was positively reviewed by critics, reaching number two in the United Kingdom and number five in the US. In February 2013, Bastille confirmed the release of the fourth single to be taken from Bad Blood, " Pompeii". Their third single, a re-release of their first 7" non-album single " Flaws", was a commercial success, earning the group their first position in the UK Top 40, debuting at number-twenty-one.ĭan Smith at Provinssirock festival 2013 in Seinäjoki, Finland in November 2012, the band performed at Hong Kong's Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival, their first outside of Europe. They later played a small headlining tour, titled 'Flaws Tour' in October 2012, with Swiss Lips as their support act. In August 2012 the band performed at UK festivals like Reading and Leeds, as well as supporting British singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé.

The song charted moderately at number 90 in the United Kingdom and saw the group's first entry into the chart. Bastille was also named 'New Band of the Day' by British newspaper The Guardian in July 2012. An accompanying video for the single was released on the band's official VEVO channel on 29 June 2012, and digitally through Virgin Records on 20 August 2012. The second single to be released from the upcoming debut studio album, Bad Blood, was the eponymous track, " Bad Blood". Following its video premiere in November 2011, popular music publication, Q Magazine introduced the track as its 'Track of the Day' for 7 March 2012. On 27 April 2012, their first official single release, " Overjoyed", was released through Virgin Records, as confirmed by EMI on. Bad Blood and All This Bad Blood (2012–2015) īastille in concert at Queens' College May Ball, 2013 The band also recorded and released two parts of their mix-tape titled Other People's Heartache for free. The group subsequently secured a few support slots and later performed at major UK festivals including Glastonbury, the Isle of Wight, Redfest, Reading and Leeds Festival and Blissfields. In December 2011 Smith signed a contract with Virgin Records. After debuting further tracks online through sites such as YouTube and MySpace, the band's audience started to grow. They released the EP Laura Palmer themselves later in 2011. Baker started to support Bastille on air, and the band began to find an audience. One of the copies found its way into the hands of Alex Baker, presenter of the unsigned/independent artists radio show on Kerrang! Radio. Released through London-based independent record label Young & Lost Club, only 300 copies were pressed. Bastille debuted in July 2010 with their limited edition 7" single that featured the two tracks "Flaws" and "Icarus".