Bastille unveiled the haunting ballad "Oblivion"

Bastille have premiered a very beautifully haunting music video via MSN.com for their latest track, "Oblivion," the eighth and final single from the British quartet band's debut album "Bad Blood." The indie-rock ballad "Oblivion," is endlessly mysterious and now we have a perfect visual companion, which stars 18-year-old actress Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark in the HBO TV series "Game of Thrones," adapted from George R.R. Martin's novels.
Smith is a storyteller and a magnificent musician, and his music is a thrilling example of what great pop music can achieve. The beautiful part about "Bad Blood" is that it is both entirely predictable yet completely disarming. The exploration of any and all sounds; the delicate use of strings to heighten emotion, the touching piano-based "Oblivion." There are moments, instruments, timings, buried within his experimentation that take you entirely by surprise.
This is never more evident than in "Oblivion," which features little more than a piano and Smith sounding for all the world like he's standing in a desert staring at the night sky as he mournfully proclaims, "When oblivion is calling out your name/ You always take it further than I ever can." Smith and Bastille really deliver, ranging earworm choruses across the album. There's something 80s about the heart-swelling melodies of "Oblivion," but only because they evoke a-ha and Tears for Fears in their determination to be both catchy and muscular.
Beginning with Turner sitting in a room alone listening to "Flaws," a previous "Bad Blood" single, the Austin Peters-direvted clip follows Turner as she enters the middle of an empty rodeo arena. Going up to the microphone in front of an audience, Turner opens her mouth miming the lyrics to "Oblivion" and Smith's voice comes out before getting into her car to race at a very strange competition. It's a very simple video but the simple-ness really makes a good match with the deep ballad. the clip is a very simple and diverts from traditional "storytelling" and focuses more on provoking an emotional reaction, whatever that may be.

Bastille mash '90s dance classic in 'Of The Night'

One year after the song's appearance on the band's mixtape and a certain ITV ad campaign, British alternative rock band Bastille have unveiled the crime-filled music video for their new single "Of The Night," the lead single from "All This Bad Blood," an upcoming re-reissue of Bastille's debut album "Bad Blood," which is scheduled to be released on November 25. The video is typical of Bastille - it's artistic, and dark, which features a cop in his nightly routine of witnessing murder after murder aka just another day on Sons of Anarchy.
"Of the Night" is a mash-up of two 1990s dance classics: Italian band Corona's seminal '90s smash "Rhythm Of The Night" with German eurodance group Snap!'s iconic "Rhythm Is A Dancer" in sombre yet spectacular style, would be expected to be an uplifting party-starter. Right? Well, not in the hands of English band Bastille. Frontman/mastermind Dan Smith and the boys deconstruct the songs into an ominous late night lullaby and have filmed, quite possibly, the most depressing video of the year to underline the gloomy transformation.

It takes serious testicular fortitude to even contemplate a mash-up of two 90s' dance classics. Bastille have stamped their genius all over one of the most inspired covers ever made. "Of the Night" is a rollercoaster ride from beginning to end, evoking doe-eyed nostalgia for the purity of 90s' dance music. But this isn't the dancefloor-burning music you remember; it modulates between the sombre heartbreak and quiet intensity. It still makes you want to dance, but you'll be dancing under a rush of emotion rather than adrenaline. The inspired mash-up that makes you want to sneak into the depths of the night with Bastille. Let everything go and let the song take you over.
The "Pompeii" hitmakers are largely absent from the dark and gloomy clip, which was directed by Dave Ma (Foals, Ghostpoet, Delphic), and stars American actor James Russo (Once Upon a Time in America, Django Unchained). You catch a glimpse of them at a crime scene, but Russo as the main protagonist is a detective, who investigates a string of murders and visits crime scenes. On a slightly cheerier note the corpses do sing, so there's always that. "Of The Night" is a dark and brooding gem. Anyway, the video looks great, with some great cinematography and grading and a fantastically effect narrative,  is a quite possibly the most depressing video of the year.

Bastille unleashed "Things We Lost in the Fire"

Bastille have debut a typically cryptic video for their latest track, "Things We Lost in the Fire," the sixth single from British alternative band's debut studio-album, "Bad Blood," out in March. Bastille, the four-piece formed in 2010 began as a solo project by frontman Dan Smith, continue their reign as one of Britain's most exciting new bands. These boys have the midas touch right about now, and about time too. Everything they stand for has not only integrity but is well thought out and creatively polished.
There is no let up in the stellar run of single releases from Bastille one this years most talked about new bands, namely because debut album "Bad Blood" is a crafted indie pop factory of hits in its own right - hyped in parts by us tastemaking types but for the uppermost reason that Bastille do cut it good above the rest actually. Heading up the lead-in to the bands "Bad Blood Returns" tour this fall, the indie pop makers champion the eclectically enriched ballad "Things We Lost In The Fire" as their follow up single, which tells the story of a couple who watch the metaphor of their relationship burn and then sift through the ashes.
Smith is quite a fan of Film Director David Lynch's works, and has openly discussed how the styles and themes of his movies have influence the most recent video. With the cult influence of Lynch's works running through the fabric of this album, "Things We Lost In The Fire" doesn't dip out on a spot of Lynch-esque character served up in the accompanying video, which was directed by Naor Aloni, who weaves an intriguing crime story for Bastille's "Things We Lost In The Fire," which transitions smoothly between more naturalistic scenes and dark, dreamlike set-pieces. The director traveled to Lithuania to create this very opaque, almost Lynchian tale, packed with stunning images.
Featuring dark cryptic themes, and filmed against the dramatic horizons in desolate locations of Lithuania, the filmic promo follows a love story between lead singer and a mysterious girl, as he traversing through a dream full of symbolism and strong visual motifs. There seem to be multiple stories going on within the video, fragmented into different sections but all revolving around a car in the middle of the desert. The narrative jumps around considerably pivoting around a bullet in the desert, from a tense bit in a bar with a creepy girl who breaks the fourth wall to a road trip with all the ladz.