Year 8, Day 294

Hey guys. Today's song is Million Pieces by Bastille featuring The Chamber Orchestra of London.

Photo by: Pey Curie

Bastille is an English group active since 2010 and made up of Dan Smith, Kyle Simmons, Will Farquarson, and Chris Wood. They started out independent, releasing some singles in 2010 and an EP in 2011. They also started putting stuff up online, earning them a bigger audience and eventually a record contract. Their first single with that label came out in 2012, followed by their debut album in 2013 which jumped their popularity up by a crazy level, hitting number one in the UK Albums Chart. I'm sure you'd be able to recognize some of the songs on that album, which were released as singles as well and became very popular, being played constantly on the radio. They released an EP in 2013 as well, then won a BRIT Award in 2014 for Breakthrough Act and were nominated for a Grammy in 2015. Their second album was released in 2016, which won them an NME Award in 2017. They released some singles in 2018 leading up to their third album release in 2019. They released another EP in 2020, followed by singles through 2021 leading to the release of their fourth and most recent album in 2022. This recording is from 2019 and is obviously an orchestral version done with the Chamber Orchestra of London. I love when artists do stuff with orchestras, it always puts a little extra into their music and this one is no exception. Hope you enjoy.