Bastille – in session at VPRO – Amsterdam – May 7, 2013
Over to Amsterdam tonight for a session by London-based Alternative band Bastille at VPRO Radio 3 for the It’s Alive program.
Less than three years into it, Bastille had been getting a lot of positive response since their debut album, Bad Blood came out in March of 2013. It followed on the heels of the release of their fourth single, Pompei which landed at number 2 on the British charts in February. Initially the brain-child of singer-songwriter Dan Smith who saw it as a solo venture, the band morphed into a four piece. They arrived at the name Bastille not because of the French Revolution, but because Dan Smith happened to have been born on July 14th which, coincidentally was Bastille Day.
Bastille’s second studio album, Wild Word, was released in September 2016 and was followed by Doom Days, Bastille’s third studio album, in June 2019. In February 2022, Bastille released their fourth studio album, Give Me the Future. Their fifth studio album, “&”, was released in October 2024.
Bastille’s music has been featured in television shows, films, video games, and advertisements. Bastille was nominated for four Brit Awards at the 2014 ceremony, winning the British Breakthrough Act. As of August 2021, the band have sold over eleven million records worldwide.
And for a taste of early Bastille . . press Play.
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