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Shaped in 2006 while most of its bandmembers had been attending senior high school in Lodi, California, A Skylit Drive quickly set up a familiar post-hardcore sound, merging the aggression of screamo using the pop-leaning areas of emo. The sextet released its debut EP, She Viewed the Sky, in 2007 …

Merging glossy ’80s synth pop and arena-friendly choruses on singles such as for example “Pompeii,” London’s Bastille offered an incredible number of their debut recording Bad Blood vessels. The group started as the single project of vocalist/songwriter Dan Smith — whose birthday is usually July 14 (aka Bastille Day time) …