“I didn’t have a plan B!” Woody from Bastille opens up about exams results and making it in music

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIIesc2D8cx/?taken-by=bastilledan While most of you are waking up bleary-eyed from your results party this morning, I was busy chatting with Woody from the indie pop sensation, Bastille. Woody, real name Chris Wood, groans jokingly when I ask him what his grades were like at school. “I kind of realised half way through A levels that I… Continue reading “I didn’t have a plan B!” Woody from Bastille opens up about exams results and making it in music

REVIEW – Bastille – VS (Other People’s Heartache, Pt III)

Collaborations can be make-or-break for artists. Some duets can leave you wanting to wash out your ears (Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman, anyone?). Yet some feel like someone has opened a new door in your life to fantastic music and you want that collaboration just to become a band in its own right. A band… Continue reading REVIEW – Bastille – VS (Other People’s Heartache, Pt III)

REVIEW: Bastille – Bad Blood

Internet sensation Bastille is the brainchild of singer/songwriter Dan Smith, who is joined by three other members for the band’s live performances. Smith’s strong South London accent resonates clearly through the album and his voice occasionally bears a ridiculous likeness to that of Josh Franceschi of You Me At Six, which in my humble opinion… Continue reading REVIEW: Bastille – Bad Blood