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Bastille and Tarzan

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Today I have music for you by one of my favorite bands of all time-Bastille. This is a band that really knows how to make music and how to make every song sound different. It is so hard for me to pick a specific song that I love more than the others because they are all that good. Dan Smith has a voice that I was floored by the first time I heard it. It is so incredible beautiful and wonderful and capable of so much. There is a very unique sound to his voice and I am extremely thrilled that Bastille's music is on par with the vocals. Bastille has a wonderfully different sound to their music. One thing that is a commonality is the use of percussion. Almost every song has a great percussion influence. This song specifically relies a lot on the percussion feel. From the beginning of the song to the chorus, the percussion remains a key point in the sound. Of course you have the conventional drums, but there is also a hint of shakers and different kinds of drums. There is also a cool sn...