If you thought you loved Bastille's Wild World Single "Good Grief" before, you haven't heard anything yet. The band filmed an intimate, stripped back version of the lead single from their latest album, and it is absolutely gorgeous.
Bastille recently played a series of intimate, sold-out shows across the country, two of which were in Los Angeles at one of the city's iconic venues the Troubadour. And while in town, the band stopped by Capitol Studios where they recorded this amazing reworked version of "Good Grief."
In the video, we see the guys in the dimly lit recording studio joined by an additional group of string musicians, as they perform their single live. Dan tells us that this was last thing that Bastille had recorded that night.
"'Good Grief' is about trying to find some hope and positivity in a dark situation, so we were really excited about stripping the song back and showing it in a different light. We were lucky enough to record this session in Capitol Studios with a brilliant string section on a late evening in LA some weeks ago. This was last thing we recorded that night, and it was a moment of quiet and calm in the middle of our chaotic tour of the US. We're really happy with how it came out and excited for everyone to hear this version of our tune."
Bastille is set to head back out on the road across North America on their "Wild, Wild World Tour," which kicks off March 24th, 2017 in Toronto. The tour will makes stops at arenas and theaters across the country including Brooklyn (Barclays Center), Boston, Chicago, Seattle, Nashville, Orlando, Atlanta, and more. Check out the full list of tour dates below:
3/24 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
3/26 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
3/27 - Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena
3/28 - Fairfax, VA @ Eagle Bank Arena
3/30 - Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
3/31 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun
4/3 - Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
4/6 - Sugarland, TX @ Smart Financial Center
4/7 - New Orleans, LA @ Bold Sphere Music at Championship Square
4/9 - Grand Prairie, TX @ Verizon Theatre
4/11 - Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
4/13 - Salt Lake City, UT @ UCCU Center
4/14 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
4/26 - Seattle, WA @ WaMu Theatre
4/27 - Vancouver, BC @ UBC Thunderbird Arena
4/29 - Boise, ID @ Taco Bell Arena
4/30 - Bozeman. MT @ Theatre at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
5/2 - Omaha, NE @ Orpheum Theatre
5/3 - Des Moines, IA @ 7 Flags Events Center
5/5 - Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheatre
5/6 - Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
5/7 - St. Augustine, FL @St. Augustine Amphitheatre
5/9 - Orlando, FL @ Orlando Amphitheater
5/10 - Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre
5/12 - Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheatre
Watch Bastille perform their beautiful stripped back version of "Good Grief" above!
Photo: Gregory Nolan