Track: Dau – ‘Zed Zed’: the warm purity of string-driven ambient drone, new on Spirituals
A MEMBER of rather fine instrumental quartet yndi halda alongside James Vella, whose album Sleep Through The Storm under his A Lily persona we received rapturously last October, Phil Self has emerged with a forthcoming mini-album of corresponding beauty and bliss under the moniker Dau, due out next month. Whereas A Lily played with contemplative …
News: Liars return with an August album for Mute; come bathe in the subterranea of ‘Sekwar’
LIARS have always been a pretty unique presence in our musical landscape, gnawing and needling away at the bones of rock as the whole edifice collapses, from right back when they presented that noise-rock concept album about witchcraft, They Were Wrong, So We Drowned, jeez, 17 years back now. Never mind always finding them in …
See: Reigning Sound drop a video for their reforming principle, ‘Let’s Do It Again’; warm garage rock for cleared chairs, loved ones and a decent bourbon
SCRATCHING that seven-year itch was a good idea. Yep, it’s been seven looong years since Greg Cartwright’s Memphis-meets-garage aesthetic, as propounded by his lovely Reigning Sound, brought any new music to the table for us; hell, let’s do it again, he thought, getting that original line-up together for A Little More Time with Reigning Sound, out …
See: Sara Bug – ‘Back In Nashville’: sweetly yearning, old-skool country from a want-away heart
COMING atcha outta Richmond, Virginia, EggHunt Records is sure to be blowin’ up big time in an old skool, proper country music way when latest signing Sara Bug’s album drops at the end of next week; ahead of which the singer, who goes by her family nickname due to her diminutive stature, has dropped a …
Rachel Sermanni – ‘Travelled’: Scottish folk troubadour bares all and announces winter tour
WITH her new EP, Swallow Me, due out in the first days of June – an EP which lays bare with delicacy and courage her living through the arrival of her firstborn in a hugely uncertain world, with all the forethought and adaptations that brings – Rachel Sermanni has revealed the video for “Travelled”, the …
See: Bryan Away – ‘The Lake’: beautiful Chicago baroque pop brings The Left Banke sound to 2021
COME gather round, lovers of finely nuanced music, for the new sound of Chicago. Elliot Korte means this music. No jobbing careerist him, seeking a life of cars ‘n’ girls; and when you’ve heard the beauty of his latest single, “The Lake”, if you have a heart beating blood-red in your chest, you should be …
Track: Mumble Tide – ‘Sucker’: The delight of getting rid with snarly guitars to boot
NOW THERE’S a sweet and unusual back story: Mumble Tide, the Bristol bedroom pop duo of Gina Leonard and Ryan Rogers, first met through a Gumtree ad which singer Gina had placed, looking for a bassist. “The boyfriend part was a bonus,” she adds – with maybe a little justifiable delight. There’s no doubt that …
See: Max Cooper and Samad Khan – ‘The Weakness Of The Flesh’: choreography and Indian classicism lead IDM maestro in new directions on his forthcoming EP
WITH his delicious Earth EP (read our review here) just passing its six-month anniversary, the time is more than ripe for another sonic missive from Max Cooper; and the excellent news is that today he’s announced the release of a new EP, Maps, which will be out on Mesh come midsummer. He’s also shared a …
Track: Mind Maintenance – ‘The Ladder’: Chicago legends Joshua Abrams and Chad Taylor bring percussive African contemplation
IF YOU’RE at all a follower of the Chicago music scene that erupted in so many directions back at the turn of the century, then the rhythmic adepts Chad Taylor and Joshua Abrams will probably need no introduction; given how, they were so deeply woven into intelligent, seminal albums by the Chicago Underground Trio and all its various …
Premiere: The Ricos – ‘What Comes Next?’: Philly’s excellent indie four-piece drop a video for their righteous noise-pop single
PHILADELPHIA indie outfit The Ricos, whose Spirit State EP we adored last year in the heights of lockdown summer, have put together a video for their cracking single, “What Comes Next?” which we’re premiering here on Backseat Mafia today. It’s a lovely autumnal swirl of the sweetest six-string indie noise-pop that reminds us – with …