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Bastions are a British Hardcore band from Anglesey, North Wales, formed in 2008. Currently, their line up consists of guitarist Jamie McDonald, drummer Daniel Garrod, vocalist Jamie 'Jay' Burne and bassist Gareth Davies. The band has had a few line up changes since their inception with both McDonald and Garrod being the founding members. Burne did not join the band until early 2009 and Davies only recently joined in Spring 2010. They've built their reputation on the recent emergence of the 'DIY' ethic, a constant touring schedule and intense, emotional live performances. Their lyrics often centre on social and religious theme and have often been considered a Religious band; though the band have never confirmed nor denied these comments. Their music has been acclaimed as ...hair raisingly personal.

Releases

Hello, I Have Toxic Shock

Released in 2008, "Hello..." was recorded only a month after the bands inception. It received a surprising amount of acclaim through BBC Radio; despite it's sheer and obvious anger. The band later when on to say in an interview that it "... was just a pure outlet of frustration."

Released on a limited run of CD's, it was known for the fact that it did not even include the bands name - just the EP title - and had no other distinguishing marks or features. Early on the band had established that eschewed and shunned all pomp and ceremony surrounding bands.

The release featured Bastions' original vocalist, Ashley Jones, who left in late 2008.

We Will All Sink

Featuring some of their most popular songs, "We Will All Sink" was considered their most experimental release to date. Notable tracks included the title track We Will All Sink, featuring a 3 minute constant tirade over the entire song and The Clipper, which to date is their most popular downloaded track through iTunes and the track itself received extensive radio play through the BBC and independent stations.. The EP featured Burne for the first time, who had the joined the band a week previously to the recording.

It was the bands most limited release. The band worked by themselves to create individually marked, painted and printed CD DigiPaks - numbering under 50. Once sold out, the band appeared to make no effort to re-release the EP and instead went into a period of seclusion.

We Will All Sink was re-released on a purely digital format through iTunes and Spotify in May 2010.

Kingdom of Dogs

Regarded as the point in which the band came to the public view; Kingdom... is Bastions' most critically acclaimed release to date.

Island Living

The bands first Vinyl release as well as their first official release through Tangled Talk Records. Choosing not to re-release a previous EP, the band joined producer Ben Phillips (who had worked with other hardcore bands such as Burn Down Rome, November Coming Fire and Gold Kids) in the Lightship95 studio (a retrofitted Lighthouse Ship berthed in Trinity Bay, London)

The EP was also distributed through HolyRoar Records

External links

[1]- Bastions MySpace [2] - Bastions Facebook page [3] - Bastions Label Website [4]