Bastions
Bastions were a Welsh post-hardcore band from Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey. Formed in 2008 by Jamie Burne (vocals), Jamie McDonald (guitar), Gareth Davies (bass) and Daniel Garrod (drums), the band quickly began playing nationally, especially performing in house basements. They self-released their debut EP Kingdom of Dogs in 2009, before signing to Holy Roar Records, who released their second EP Island Living (2010). Their debut album Hospital Corners (2012) was released by In at the Deep End Records. Around this time, Garrod and Brindley left the band, their roles filled by Zachary Birchley (bass) and Kieran Brindley (drums). The band released two additional solo EPs: Bedfellows Part 1: The Bastard Son (2013), Bedfellows Part 2: The Forgotten Daughter (2014); as well as a split EP with Burning Bright, before disbanding in 2015.
The band's choatic fusion of screamo, melodic hardcore and post-metal, as well as their subverision of the dominant horror imagery of the time, were widely influential on hardcore punk in the United Kingdom. They helped to establish the UKswell movement, and laid the foundation for the development of dreamcore music. They briefly reunited in 2022 to release their second album Majestic Desolation.
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