Ben Straughair, Author at Backseat Mafia

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Premiere: Mark Allen-Piccolo reveals new video for Under the Cherry Tree, plus album news

"Taking the listener on a romantic journey of luscious chords and melodies. Exploring grittier sonority through modulated drum machines, spitty synthesizers, and oscillated vocal processing".

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SLOW CRUSH | NEW AA SINGLE ‘REEL/PALE SKIN’ x EXCLUSIVE IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW

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HINDS SHARE NEW SINGLE “COME BACK AND LOVE ME <3”

Hinds boisterous, uncontrollably exuberant singles ‘Good Bad Times’ and ‘ Riding Solo’ fired onto the scene lighting up and leading in to the release of their explosively colourful third album ‘The Prettiest Curse’.…

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COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS | NEW LP x NEW UK TOUR DATES x NEW VIDEO

📷 | Sam Stenson Courtney Marie Andrews eagerly anticipated new album is out on Loose / Fat Possum on June 5th 2020. On ‘Loose Flowers’ Courtney has compiled a stripped back…

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BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY SHARES NEW REMIX VIDEO

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and long time collaborator Ben Berman have shared a new promo video they’ve put together to accompany the “New Memory Box” remix by J Dawg. The video, allegedly inspired by…

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ERLAND COOPER ANNOUNCES NEW LP ‘HETHER BLETHER’ x SHARES VIDEO FOR ‘LONGHOPE’

ERLAND COOPER has announced the release of new LP Hether Blether on Phases. The completing element to the triptych of works shaped by the islands where he grew up, the archipelago of…

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RENOUNCED SHARE VIDEO FOR ‘SALTATION’

Dark metallers Renounced latest album ‘Beauty Is A Destructive Angel’ has all the riff heavy, doom laden lyricism, thrash tones and throaty vocals. Pounding bass kicks and choppy snares royally…

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WARM DIGITS SHARE NEW VIDEO ‘FEEL THE PANIC x ANNOUNCE NEW LP ‘FLIGHT OF IDEAS’

Drum machinists and synth bubblers Warm Digits share new video for ‘Feel The Panic’. The track features collaborators The Lovely Eggs and sees the motorik space-rock outfit burst into technicolour…

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MODERN RITUALS ANNOUNCE NEW LP x UK TOUR

Modern Rituals release ‘This Is The History’ on heavyweight label Holy Roar later this month. March 20th sees the bands second album in stores and shipping worldwide. The Bristol via London…

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BUSH ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘THE KINGDOM’ | SHARE NEW SINGLE ‘FLOWERS ON A GRAVE’

Bush fire up the summer vibes having announced the release of eagerly-anticipated new album ‘The Kingdom’. The Iconic multi-platinum rock band recently shared a video for hard-charging lead track ‘Flowers On A Grave’.…

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