“The new heroes of pop-rock have a grand future awaiting them.” (DaMusic on Bastille after their AB Club concert)

“Ecstatic rock without guitars. It won't be long before the masses lie at their feet.” (Indiestyle on Bastille after their AB Club concert)

“Coldplay for the Twilight generation. Or: Snow Patrol with synths.” (De Standaard on Bastille after their AB Club concert)

Heading for world domination, with the wind in their sails! Bastille stormed the charts earlier this year with the hyper-catchy ‘Pompeii’ and there's been no stopping them ever since. Songsmith/frontman Dan Smith was promptly pushed into the role of teenage idol and his Bastille shines way up high in the sales charts all over the entire old continent, with their excellent debut ‘Bad Blood’. Re-writing history, The Storming of Bastille takes on an entirely different meaning in this context, by four chaps from London.

The band headed out on the road as support to Muse during their ‘The UnsustainableTour’ and shared that status with the likes of Biffy Clyro and Dizzee Rascal. It's clear that Bastille has recently started playing in the music industry premier league, with spots at the world's greatest summer festivals like Glastonbury, Rock Werchter and Reading Festival as extra evidence!

New single-in-the-making ‘Laura Palmer’ - Smith would seem to have a Twin Peaks fetish - is vintage-Bastille material: a synth-smothered pop gem with an übercatchy hook. You can see it coming from a mile away: Bastille will be big, VERY BIG, I TELL YOU!