BASTILLE

Knees weak, arms are heavy

Coming soon

“HAPPIER” // Out Now

Last year we wrote a song called “Happier” which we thought would be great as a collaboration. We had a lot of fun getting to work on it with Marshmello who managed to find some joy in the melancholy. It’s always good to step into somebody else’s world for a minute and we’re excited for the track to finally be out on Friday.

“Quarter Past Midnight (Live from the Royal Albert Hall)” // Out Now

Tomorrow // 10AM UK

Dan: We were looking for a band name and it’s quite hard to name yourself and my birthday is on the 14th of July which is Bastille Day in France, la Fête nationale. So out of desperation, we were like, Bastille sounds different, and we googled it and no one else called themselves that. And ever since then, we’ve been battling against history in the Google search engine. Obviously the very famous French prison and massive national holiday’s are always going to win out on that one.

Dan: The upcoming album is kind of like a sad party album. It’s about going out for a night and trying to ignore the world that feels like something that’s imploding and it’s about distracting yourself with alcohol and friends and bad stuff. It’s about escapism and hedonism, and it’s kind of euphoric and sad. I think it’s some of the best music we’ve ever made.

Kyle: I play a lot of piano up there, I can’ t really move around so I just play my piano. I kind of look around, see how Will and Woody are doing because Dan is just doing his own thing. I don’t know what he’s doing half the time. I just kind of have a couple of beers and not imagine that there’s thousands of people looking at what I’m doing. 

Dan: Paul SImon, The Fugees, Vampire Weekend, David Lynch, Frank Ocean, James Blake, The Beatles, The Beach Boys - there’s too many to name. I guess we take inspiration from everywhere - from books to film to music to shit that has happened in our lives. 

Kyle: My anxiety grows the more drumsticks hit me from behind on stage. I mean, the anxiety dies down over the years because it just becomes normal because you do it so much. Just distract yourself.

Will: Can we take a torch into the black hole? 

Will: Japan.

Kyle: Vesuvius, but from WAY far back. Just to get a real glimpse of what was going on. 

Dan: I think they are totally correct. We feel very bad about how we pronounce it - it’s a bastardization. But in the UK, we pronounce our L’s, so we just reverted to type. But we’re pretty lax about how people say it. We don’t mind.

Kyle: I imagine going to see Bach in his prime, just going in on the piano and then seeing him play a gig after.