Oxfordshire post-hardcore quintet LASTELLE today conclude their ‘Exist’ project with the release of their stunning new EP ‘Exist – vol ii’. It includes focus and title track ‘Exist’, a music video for which has just been released. Bassist, vocalist and brass player Freddie Whatmore says of the composition’s heart-wrenching inspiration: “When I was a child, my mother passed away, and this song is an exploration into the effect that has had on my life. As well as being a discussion of vulnerability, it is partially a tribute to her memory. To suffer, smile, remember, forget, and to feel both everything, and nothing, is what I feel it means to truly exist.”
To honour the bond LASTELLE have built with their fans and followers, the band asked for contributions to include at the end of the ‘Exist’ music video. Fans sent in voice notes playing around with the song’s main lyric “To feel is to exist”. You can hear these play out at the end of the evocative video clip.
The collection also features previous singles ‘The Silence Hurts The Most II’, for which the band revealed a poignant live session video, ‘Tired Eyes’ and ‘Bitter Seeds’, which achieved placements on Spotify’s New Music Friday and the Kerrang! Chart, as well as spins on BBC Radio 1 Introducing Rock and Kerrang! Radio.
LASTELLE follow up their stunning appearances at RADAR and Download Festivals summer (the latter of which saw TWO fan marriage proposals during the band’s set) with a UK headline tour this month Tickets for all shows on sale now (apart from Derby, which is sold out); see below for details. Whatmore says “This September we’re inviting fans to Exist with us across the UK, in celebration of the release of vol. ii. These songs mean the world to us, and by bringing them to the stage, we’re thrilled to be able to share the emotion and energy with everyone in those rooms with us”
LASTELLE are adept in confronting the emotionally uncomfortable. Writing about struggles with neurodivergence, loss, and expressing yourself with vulnerable emotion, they are the absolute antithesis of toxic masculinity. Approaching classic post-hardcore sounds with their personal ideas and twists, their music has drawn comparisons with the likes of Holding Absence and Underoath.
FESTIVAL DATES:
29.11.25 – Alt//Fest, Cardiff
31.01.26 – We Are One Festival, Cardiff
HEADLINE TOUR:
17.09.25 – Cavern, Exeter
18.09.25 – Downstairs at the Dome, London
19.09.25 – Rough Trade, Bristol
20.09.25 – The Victoria Inn, Derby – SOLD OUT
21.09.25 – Future Yard, Birkenhead
23.09.25 – The Hug and Pint, Glasgow
24.09.25 – The Lodge (The Deaf Institute), Manchester
25.09.25 – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
26.09.25 – Corporation, Sheffield
LASTELLE ARE:
Adam Rigozzi (Vocals)
Mike Hayden (Drums/Vocals)
Freddie Whatmore (Bass/Vocals/Brass)
Rich Lester (Guitar)
Jonjo Williams (Guitar)
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