Bastille’s 2013 hit 'Pompeii,' once the most-streamed song of all time in the UK, has surpassed two billion streams on Spotify.

I was first introduced to Bastille when one of my friends recommended their song “Flaws.” The song’s unique, almost electronic sound immediately caught my interest, and I began to search for more of ...

Last Friday, Bastille released a double album, “Give Me The Future + Dreams of the Past,” consisting of three separate discs and a total of 27 tracks. The LPs have a wide variety of different ...

Five years ago, a 25-year-old South Londoner sat and created songs in his bedroom, and then added three members to join him as a band. They created two cleverly, twisted mixtapes featuring only covers ...

U.K. indie pop-rockers Bastille scored a hit with their 2013 debut, thanks largely to the smash single “Pompeii.” The anthem was inescapable, from the Billboard Top 10 to a performance on SNL. Since ...

Dan Smith, frontman and principal songwriter for the British-born band Bastille, had an image in his mind—someone is sitting on the sofa. The room is dark. This person is wearing a virtual reality ...

“There’s the negative and the pessimism, but there’s always a bit of hope somewhere. You just have to dig around for it.” Case in point: “Happier,” which, vocalist Dan Smith sings, to sprightly music, ...

One could argue, we’re already living a dystopian fantasy. Deep in reflection, as we all were over the last year, singer-songwriter Dan Smith took it one step further to write a song imagining where ...

British synth-pop outfit Bastille find euphoria in the dawn of a new day after a long night on their new song, “Joy,” from their forthcoming album, Doom Days out June 14th via Virgin Records. Doom ...

Nearly a decade ago, Bastille stormed the pop charts with a chant-filled hit inspired by the Italian town buried under the dust and rubble of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in A.D. 79. Not exactly ...

Bastille drummer Chris Wood said fans have learned the breadth of the English band’s tastes, thanks to its latest album “Doom Days.” Telling the story of a colorful night at a party that is ...