The Other People’s Heartache mixtapes were started in 2012 as a way for the band to collaborate with other artists and experiment with different styles, genres and production techniques, using films and other people’s heartbreak songs as a canvas. Over time they’ve become almost as big a part of the band as their recorded albums. Their accidental mash-up of Corona’s ‘The Rhythm Of The Night’ and Snap!’s ‘Rhythm Is A Dancer’became a No.2 single and huge live favourite, while festival backstage run-ins, tour-circuit hangouts and various recording sessions around the world led to many inventive, original collaborations with artists like Haim, Kate Tempest, Lizzo, Ella Eyre, Angel Haze, Rag’n’Bone Man, MNEK and Skunk Anansie.
Other People’s Heartache Pt.4, produced by Bastille alongside longtime collaborator Mark Crew, sees them return to the art of reworking other people’s songs, bringing together a handful of classic pop songs with Bastille originals via re-interpretations of songs from both “Wild World” and the new album, threading a narrative across the three releases.
The band reunite with Craig David, following their top 5 single collaboration, ‘I Know You’,as well as bringing in a handful of new collaborators like Best Laid Plans signees Kianja and Ratio
On a version of soul duo Charles & Eddie’s ‘Would I Lie To You?’, they wander momentarily into trap territory courtesy of Wolverhampton producer S-X’s beats, before the whole track skyrockets into “All Of The Lights” era-Kanye fake brass and distorted beats. Elsewhere, the unreleased, guitar-heavy fan favourite “Grip” is momentarily launched into the world of blissful EDM by Norwegian producers Seeb. It bears all the hallmarks of a typical Bastille song – euphoric, other-worldly, a bit weird – but also completely different to anything they’ve done before thanks to some bold pitch-shifting that sends Dan’s vocals to new heights.
Since the release of 2016’s ‘Wild World’, the band have entered many new spaces. Last year, they moved into the world of film soundtracks contributing ‘World Gone Mad’ to Netflix movie Bright. This year the band released the huge global hit single ‘Happier’ with Marshmello which has topped charts around the world and is already a Platinum record in the U.S and Gold in the UK, with over half a billion streams worldwide. They also gave their songs a fresh reworking on the critically acclaimed sold out Re-Orchestrated Tour which garnered four-star reviews across the board. 2019 looks to be another landmark year kicking off with a sold out UK and European tour, plenty more new material and headline festival slots across the summer including the NME stage at next year’s Reading festival.
Tour Dates
Sun 27 Jan 2019 – Dublin – Olympia Theatre
Tue 29 Jan 2019 – Birmingham – O2 Academy
Wed 30 Jan 2019 – Birmingham – O2 Academy
Fri 01 Feb 2019 – Brighton – Brighton Centre
Sun 03 Feb 2019 – Manchester – Victoria Warehouse
Mon 04 Feb 2019 – Manchester – Victoria Warehouse
Wed 06 Feb 2019 – Glasgow – O2 Academy
Thur 07 Feb 2019 – Glasgow – O2 Academy
Sat 09 Feb 2019 – London – O2 Academy Brixton
Sun 10 Feb 2019 – London – O2 Academy Brixton
