Dan Smith : (2) " We’ve been having a great time writing for other artists in and amongst making our Bastille albums and mixtapes. " - Dan Smith " I think basically, there are some bands and acts who feel the need to cultivate a persona or act a certain way or get quotes or whatever, because they feel like that helps them get promotion, and I feel like we’re a band who have always just made music that we love and kept ourselves to ourselves and got on with it. " - Dan Smith