BASTILLE RELEASES “DISTORTED LIGHT BEAM”

GRAMMY®-nominated and multi-platinum selling band Bastille returns with their new single, “Distorted Light Beam.” “Distorted Light Beam,” a gleaming, metallic rush of retro-futuristic pop, is the first song from the band’s upcoming fourth studio album, set for release later this year. In true Bastille fashion, it marks the beginning of a new chapter for the band—one that revolutionizes their sound—and hints at a new sonic and visual world to come.
On “Distorted Light Beam,” co-written and co-produced with Ryan Tedder alongside the band’s long-time collaborator Mark Crew, the multi-award-winning British band reflect on how we are all changing and the ways in which we can manipulate our realities to fit a narrative that better suits us. Call it dystopian, utopian, or simply call it the future…This isn’t a song that sits in judgement, so much as recognizes the paradigmatic shift taking place. “When I’m dreaming tonight, I can do anything,” sings Dan, “When I’m dreaming tonight, I can go anywhere… When I’m dreaming tonight, I can be anyone…”
Of the song, Dan says, “For us, ‘Distorted Light Beam’ soundtracks dancing through some twisted, euphoric, futuristic club space. It’s a song about limitless possibilities—which isn’t something any of us actually have in real life right now, so it’s been fun to explore that idea while experimenting with new sounds in our music.”