Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: Holy Holy construct shimmering sonic architecture in new single ‘How You Been’

Melbourne duo Holy Holy have an infinite capacity to deliver sweeping melodic tunes that are layered, nuanced and euphoric (see our review of their 2017 album ‘Pain’). Their new single…

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See: Moody Beach releases an exquisite video for the atmospheric dreamy track ‘Chance’

‘Chance’, by Sydney based artist Moody Beach, is a gloriously mesmerising shoegaze track that is filled with yearning and romance: a perfect slice of shimmering dream pop. There is a…

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Track: Western Australia’s Methyl Ethel serves up a swirling, dazzling single ‘Neon Cheap’ and announces tour dates

There is one thing patently obvious when listening to Methyl Ethel’s new single ‘Neon Cheap’: this is a band forging it’s own aural adventure and the result is something that…

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Premiere: Milano indie giants The Ghibertins reveal their exciting new single ‘20149 – Milano’, with announcement of a new album for 2022.

Backseat Mafia is honoured to premiere the new vibrant and cinematic single from Italian indie rockers The Ghibertins – a visceral and sinewy track that has an endless vista, wider…

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Track: Tiny Little Houses drive straight out of Melbourne with a quirky ‘Car Crash’

The new song from Melbourne indie band Tiny Little Houses is a terrific humour-infused number with all the bottled up energy from a year burdened by lockdowns bursting out. It’s…

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Premiere: Star Parks release enigmatic video for the brilliant, haunting single ‘Palm Sunday’, and announce new album ‘The New Sounds of Late Capitalism’

We are very pleased to premiere the video for Texas indie band Star Parks‘s new track ‘Palm Sunday’, as well as announce news of their new album, the delightfully titled…

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Track: Dead Can Dance members Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell unveil another sparkling single ‘Deshta (Forever)’ from their forthcoming album ‘Burn’

The unique and exotic sounds of Dead Can Dance, fusing medieval music with gothic undertones and ambient textures are detectable in the shimmering new track ‘Deshta (Forever)’ from Dead Can…

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Track: The Velvet Hands tear off the roof with their thundering single ‘Star’ and announce headlining gigs for November

There’s nothing like a piece of earth-quaking straight forward no frills rock’n’roll, and The Velvet Hands have nailed it with style in their new single ‘Star’. Lashings of grunty guitars,…

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Premiere: Climbing Trees exclusively reveal their dynamic and shimmering new single Troubling Times.

Welsh indie giants Climbing Trees will be releasing their much anticipated new single ‘Troubling Times’ on 30 April 2021, and we here at Backseat Mafia are very excited to bring…

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Track: Sydney’s Abby Bella May unveils the bright and bubbly new track ‘Bindii Patch’

There’s something evocatively Australian about suffering minor multiple injuries from a Bindii patch – a prickly monstrosity that lurks in the depths of the most unprepossessing yet beckoning green lawns…

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