Meet: French Poetic Rock Band Fine Lame
French quintet Fine Lame combine literary-oriented French rock with Anglo-Saxon-rooted performance poetry. Their debut EP ‘Nous tournons en rond dans la nuit et nous sommes dévorés par le feu’ (We go around in circles in the night and are devoured by fire) is due the 29th November via Microcultures. Singer Raphaël Sarlin-Joly and keyboard/piano player Mathias Bourre, answered our …
Premiere: Fine Lame – Follow Me
Born in 2019, French rockers Fine Lame, offer frantic tracks of literary-oriented French rock with Anglo-Saxon-rooted performance poetry. They are set to release their debut EP ‘Nous tournons en rond dans la nuit et nous sommes dévorés par le feu’ (We go around in circles in the night and are devoured by fire) on the 29th of November via …
Meet: Sleaze Disco Peddlers Yabba
Scottish band Yabba have been causing a lot of talk after their live sets last year. The quintet released their debut single ‘Get by’ last month so Backseat Mafia caught up with the band to find out all about them and what the future holds. Give us a potted history of the band The current …
Track: Sweet Baboo – Horticulture
Sweet Baboo (Stephen Black) has shared the third track, Horticulture’ to be taken from his upcoming album titled ‘The Wreckage’, which is due on the 27th of January via Amazing Tapes From Canton. Regarding the track Black comments: “’Horticulture’ was a song that had been running around my brain for a good few years. I must …
Meet: London’s Post-Punk Outfit The Silence
North Londons The Silence have shared their debut single ‘Winter’ and are set for big things. We put some questions to the band to find out about them and where they are going. Give us a potted history of the band The band technically formed in early 2022 – at the time it was just …
Track: The Silence – Winter
London’s post-punk newcomers The Silence have shared their debut single ‘Winter’ The band state: “Lyrically, ‘Winter’ was inspired by a particularly cold evening in which I was walking home alone and finding myself lost in thought. It essentially ended up becoming an explosion of lyrical catharsis, almost an inner monologue – and I think the …
News: Stockton Calling Announces Brit Pop Legends Sleeper for 2023!
Hot on the heels of Stockton Calling announcing melodic indie outfit Circa Waves last week, thefestival gears up for another announcement. Organisers of Stockton Calling 2023 are delighted to welcome none other than Britpop legendsSleeper to headline The Georgian Theatre stage. The band enjoyed huge critical and commercialsuccess in the mid-90s: achieving eight top 40 …
News: Jethro Tull Finish work On Their 23rd Studio Album, Due For Release In Spring 2023
Jethro Tull have completed work on the recording of their 23rd studio album, following swift on the heels of their critically-acclaimed return earlier this year with ‘The Zealot Gene’, their first album in two decades. Ian Anderson checks in with the below: “We have been putting the finishing touches to the artwork for the album …
Track: Enslaved Announce New Album ‘Heimdal’ And Release New Single ‘Congelia’
Enslaved have announced their 16th studio album titled Heimdal, set to be released on the 3rd of March, via Nuclear Blast Records. The news is accompanied by the release of a blistering new single, titled ‘Congelia’, alongside an emotive, environmental video. Enslaved’sIvar Bjørnson & Grutle Kjellson commented, “It’s quite weird, yet pretty awesome that we are now talking about the release of our …
News: Ferocious Dog Unveil A Brand New Video, Announce Deluxe Re-Issue Of Debut Album And Unique Live Show With Full Orchestra
To celebrate the forthcoming 10 year anniversary of their self titled debut album, Ferocious Dog unveil a brand new video – Too Late 2022, an updated version of live favourite Too Late from the album. “I wrote this song many years ago for someone I was close to at the time. It was her childhood …