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Bastille are choosing from 25 songs for their new album.
The 'Pompeii' hitmakers are busy putting together their follow up record to 2013's 'Bad Blood' and have admitted they're taking their time as what songs they choose will determine what genre the album is.
Frontman Dan Smith said: "We've just been very busy writing and recording a lot of new music.
"We've written a whole album, we've got 25 songs give or take.
"We're kind of just finishing everything off an finessing what tunes are gonna make it cause it could literally be one of three or four very different records, so we're just figuring out which one it is."
The band - which is also made up of Chris 'Woody' Wood, William Farquarson and Kyle Simmons - have experimented with different styles of music this time around.
Dan told Billboard magazine: "When we started the album, this is more than a year ago, it was alternative R&B, a lot more electronic, then we went down a heavier rock route as well, then we almost came full circle back around to what we did the first record, more cinematic, then we did a load of horns. So it could be a lot of different things. But we just want the songs to be good and memorable and we want the album to be fucking interesting and a good progression from the last record, something that we're proud of."
And while they are still putting the finishing touches on their latest creation, they've already decided on a title.
He added: "We have the name of it in our heads, we've got the concept, I think thematically, in the last few months, it really came together and that's nice 'cause a lot of the songs are quite narrative."

Nathan Sykes thinks The Wanted's hiatus came at the "right time."
The 'Over And Over Again' hitmaker didn't expect the band to go their separate ways last year but is glad it happened because it allowed him to grow as a solo artist.
He explained: "Everyone was very excited to do their own thing. The time was right to go on a break.
"For me personally, looking back I'm really pleased that we did. Had we continued on making music, I wouldn't be in a place as an artist that I am at now. I definitely wouldn't be as a songwriter. Probably vocally as well - I'd still be singing within about five notes instead of three octaves."
And the 22-year-old singer is thrilled going it alone has allowed people to see his impressive vocal ability.
He told Digital Spy: "Every single performance I do, people are like, 'I didn't realise you could sing like this'. Coming from a band, it's a really refreshing time in my life. I didn't know what I was capable of at all. It was only as I started writing the album and hitting new notes on a new level of songwriting. I was connecting emotionally with the lyrics."
Nathan - who is gearing up to release his debut solo LP in 2016 - is the only member of the band to have chart success as a solo artist, with his debut single 'Kiss Me Quick' reaching number one in the US Dance Club Songs Chart.

Noel Gallagher says the Britpop era was the end of rock music as a dominating part of pop culture.
The songwriter's former group Oasis were the biggest band to emerge from the rock sub genre than came from the UK in the 90s and although it was a very special time for music he knew it was the end era.
He said: "It was an anniversary of something recently and somebody showed me a list of the album chart back them and in one week, it was Oasis, The Verve The Manics, Pulp and Blur, were like at least five of the top ten, and had been for most of that year. And I felt, I remember saying at the time that that era was the end of something, that that would be the last time that something like that would happen. There just isn't that culture any more. I have a 15-year-old daughter who is like, 'Albums? They take too much time just give me the track man.'
"I guess it was the end of pop music as we knew it and then the internet came along and bingo."
Meanwhile, the 48-year-old musician added that he was inspired to write albums with B sides by the soul and rock groups of the '60s, such as The Kinks, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys.
He told Steve Lamaq on BBC Radio Six: "We were all derived from, maybe not so much The Manics, but we certainly were derived from those pop records and The Verve were the same and Blur probably."

Rapper Saint West has retired after Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West gave their newborn son the same name as him.
The Canadian rap artist revealed he is finished with the music industry after the reality TV star and 'Goldigga' singer settled on the name for their little boy, who was born on December 5.
In a video clip posted on TMZ, Saint West - also known as Lindon McIntyre - says of the baby adopting his moniker: "Hi, I'm Lindon, also known as Saint West. I'd like to announce my official retirement from hip-hop.
"Congratulations Kanye and Kim, thank you for choosing such a beautiful name. Saint West, may God smile on you. I'll always be cheering for you. And try to avoid becoming a rapper."
Kim, 34, had a tough birth because of her medical condition, placenta accreta, and revealed at the time that she and Kanye, 38, chose the name to show how much of a "blessing" the three-week-old is.
Meanwhile, the superstar couple's first child, daughter North West, was born in 2013 and discussing possible names for their second baby, the 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star previously said: "I don't like South West... North will always, you know, be better and be more... she has a better direction".

Liam Payne has shared his first post-One Direction track.
The 22-year-old singer co-wrote 'The Night We Met' for Irish boy band HomeTown and he has excitedly taken to social media to share the pop song, which is his first musical offering since his band announced they are taking a break from music.
Posting a video on Twitter on Monday (21.12.15), he teased: "Hey everyone almost Christmas. Check out this song I did with hometown and Jamie Scott ... listen loud and enjoy! (sic)"
HomeTown are managed by former 'The X Factor' judge Louis Walsh and are signed to RCA records.
Made up of Brendan Murray, Cian, Morrin, Dayl Cronin, Dean Gibbons, Josh Gray and Ryan McLoughlin, their sound isn't a far cry from One Direction's own music, much to the delight of many 'Directioners'.
After watching the video for 'The Night We Met' on YouTube, one 1D fan posted: "Here cos of Liam but staying for their songs. (sic)"
Liam and his One Direction bandmates, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles and Niall Horan, are set to take a two-year break from the band after releasing five albums in four years and touring the world virtually non-stop.

Coldplay will take requests on their 'A Head Full of Dreams Tour' so fans can give them a reason to play "old songs".
While the band have agreed on most of the setlist which will include tracks from their latest album, they have revealed they will include a "request segment" so that fans can hear their favourite oldies from the group's illustrious career.
Frontman Chris Martin explained: "What we will do on this tour is almost like a request segment. We'd ask people to give us a reason why they want us to play that song so there is a purpose behind why we play it.
"I think we want to make it like a passport photobooth, so you go in and say, 'I am Derek, I would like you to play 'The Hardest Part' ... So for example, if we are going to play a song like 'Spies' off of 'Parachutes', it will be lovely to play it and say, 'This is for Helen from Bolton as this reminds her of her dad.' That is a bad example and not a real one."
Unlike some artists who grow tired of playing their old songs, Chris insists he and the rest of the group - Will Champion, Guy Berryman and Jonny Buckland - get a lot of fulfilment out of performing their hits.
The 38-year-old singer said: "We're enjoying playing really old songs. This tour will finally have a setlist where we feel good about it from start to finish."
The band will play four dates from June 15-19 at London's Wembley Stadium next summer as part of the UK leg of the tour, which is the band's first in three years and follows the release of their new album, 'A Head Full of Dreams'.
But first they are preparing for their half-time Super
Bowl 50 show on February 7.
Speaking about their slot at the showpiece NFL game, Chris told The Sun newspaper: "It's a huge show so there's a lot of pressure and we've already started planning what we want to do."

Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has been banned from the Ukraine for five years.
Reports from the Eastern European country state the 'Rollin'' singer has been prohibited from entering the country "in the interests of guaranteeing the security of our state".
The news comes after the 45-year-old American musician revealed a desire to move to the Crimea to make a Russian reality TV show and also said he'd like to be granted a Russian passport.
Speaking to Russia's state-run news agency Sputnik International in October, he said: "I wouldn't mind getting a Russian passport. If you have communication with the relevant authorities, which could assist with obtaining it ... share."
And despite the Prime Minister of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov describing the territory as "the new Beverly Hills" and calling on Western celebrities to obtain residency, it seems the invite does not extend to the controversial singer, as Interfax security services have confirmed Fred's ban to Billboard - but refused to give a statement on the matter.
The rocker's wife Kseniya Beryazina - who he married in 2012 and who is teaching him Russian - comes from the area that has been a Russian territory since 2014.

Adele's album '25' is the best-selling record in America since her previous record '21'.
The 'Hello' singer's comeback album sold 5.98 million in its first four weeks of sales, beating Taylor's Swift's '1989', which sold 5.7 million.
However, Adele has yet to beat her own record for '21', with an incredible 11.37 sales.
Meanwhile, Adele - who will embark on a tour in support of '25' next year - has admitted she is already thinking about her next album and wants it to feature a duet.
The 27-year-old singing superstar reportedly turned down the chance to collaborate with Beyoncé on her new record '25' but she has rubbished the claims stating that apart from her three-year-old son Angelo, Beyoncé is her "main priority".
Asked about claims that she declined Beyoncé's duet, she said: "Whoever started that must have been having a laugh because anyone who knows me knows that my main priority in life outside of my child is Beyoncé.
"I really wanted to do a duet on this album. I spoke to someone about it who I wanted to do it with, and we got on like a house on fire, and then we just couldn't logistically really get it to work. I can't say who it is because I want to do it in the future. That's the only reason. It wasn't Beyoncé!"

Adele wants her next album to feature a duet.
The 27-year-old singing superstar reportedly turned down the chance to collaborate with Beyoncé on her new record '25' but she has rubbished the claims stating that apart from her three-year-old son Angelo, Beyoncé is her "main priority".
Asked about the rumour circulated that she declined Beyoncé's duet, she said: "Whoever started that rumour must have been having a laugh because anyone who knows me knows that my main priority in life outside of my child is Beyoncé.
"I really wanted to do a duet on this album. I spoke to someone about it who I wanted to do it with, and we got on like a house on fire, and then we just couldn't logistically really get it to work. I can't say who it is because I want to do it in the future. That's the only reason. It wasn't Beyoncé!"
Meanwhile, the 'Hello' hitmaker - who has Angelo with partner Simon Konecki - says she has big plans for her upcoming world tour and even suggested flying through concert halls as part of her set, but admits the idea was mocked.
She told TIME magazine: "I'm not just going to stand there! I really would like to fly through the arena for the beginning, but no one's having it."