Bastille have released their new mixtape

Virgin Radio

5 Dec 2018, 12:05

Bastille's long-awaited mixtape has finally been released.

It's been a busy year for the band. Since finishing touring their second album ‘Wild World’ in August 2017, they’ve done more than some bands can fit into five years. That list includes contributing the gloomy ‘World Gone Mad’ to the soundtrack of Netflix movie , reworked their songs with an orchestra for the fittingly titled Re-Orchestrated tour, collaborated with Craig David, done more behind-the-scenes work writing and recording with other artists, made a third album, played a bunch of festivals and US dates, and had an unexpected chart-topping smash with Marshmello in ubiquitous banger ‘Happier’.

Photo by Net Worth 2018

In between all that, they’ve also finished ‘Other People’s Heartache Pt. 4’, which arrived yesterday (December 7) and serves as a link between the band’s past and future. On it, they recall the essence of the first two mixtapes, paying their respects to classic pop songs and giving surprising new takes on some Bastille deeper cuts.

“The mixtapes are a place to respectfully play around with pop,” comments frontman Dan Smith. “Pop music is brilliant in its simplicity and how that makes it potentially quite malleable. I’m sure some people see reinterpreting other people’s songs as sacrilege, but it’s something people have done forever. I think there’s something brilliant in music that connects with people being able to echo on through time via other people’s interpretations.”