Track: Tom Chaplin – Midpoint
Keane’s Tom Chaplin is getting set to release his new album ‘Midpoint’, due the 2nd of September via BMG and produced by Ethan Johns. Coming as Tom enters mid-life, Midpoint is like nothing else. “There’s space for something nuanced that explores a part of life that everyone goes through,” Tom says. “If I can get …
Premiere: Blake Morgan – Violent Delights
Blake Morgan’s highly anticipated fifth studio album ‘Violent Delights’ is out now via ECR music group. Here at Backseat Mafia are very pleased to premiere the title track from the album and the music video to go with it. The video was shot entirely on location at legendary recording studio The Bunker in Brooklyn NY. …
News: Coyle Girelli Shares Cover Of Leonard Cohen ‘Famous Blue Raincoat’; Announces New Mini Album
New York-based English singer-songwriter Coyle Girelli will release a seven song collection in late July entitled ‘Stripped’. As implied by its title, it contains stripped-down, acoustic performances of songs from his two solo albums to date, as well as cover versions of ‘Famous Blue Raincoat’ by Leonard Cohen and ‘Fireworks’ by First Aid Kit, both …
Track: M(h)aol – Bored Of Men
M(h)aol have returned to share the follow up to their critically acclaimed debut EP ‘Gender Studies’ last year, with new single ‘Bored Of Men’. They have also announced they are set to play further festivals including Latitude Festival and Pitchfork Paris. Singer Róisín Nic Ghearailt says of the track, “I wrote the lyrics of this …
Track: Balancing Act – A Little More Time
Indie rock quartet Balancing Act, have shared their third single ‘A Little More Time’, collaborating again with East London production duo Sunglasses For Jaws (Miles Kane, Spiritualized). They describe the single as being about “time pressures on what seems like everything in the modern world”. Mulling over constant expectations and time limits, ‘A Little More …
News: Line Up Completed For Sea Power’s 2022 Lake District Festival – Krankenhaus
Sea Power are delighted to announce the final bill for their magical Krankenhaus micro-festival, taking place on the August Bank Holiday 2022, at Muncaster Castle, where rock music meets the highest rocks in England – towering sounds by the peak of Scafell Pike – on the beautiful western edge of the English Lake District. Sea Power, the Mercury Prize-nominated …
News: Leeds Rockers Fudge Sign To Marshall Agency
The old adage informs that good things come to those who wait but it’s just as relevant to those whowork their balls off; those who have absolute faith and commitment in what they do as they createsomething that’s as beautiful as it is dangerous, as joyous as it is deafening. Leeds four-piece FUDGE. after the …
Track: Mary And The Ram – Black Cat And Staircase
Returning after a two year silence, Mary And The Ram have shared a visualiser for their first new material ‘Black cat And Staircase’ Regarding the track and two year wait, Mary And The Ram explain: “Black Cat and Staircase is a doorway. That is, it’s the entrance to a sprawling collection of tracks that we’ve …
Meet: Mary And The Ram As They Return With A String Of New Singles
Mary And The Ram is the studio project of Viaperperformance founder Kiran Tanna (vocals, guitars, keyboards, and programming) and Dom Smith from Seep Away on drums. The duo have returned after a couple of years away so we caught up with them to find out what their future plans look like. Give us a potted …
Album Review: Julian Tenembaum – Fragmentos
After the last few years, the need to escape life has risen its head more and more and what better way to escape than to lose yourself within music. With the melodic folds of Argentinian musician and composer Julian Tenembaum’s music. It may just be the perfect place to get lost in. The first track …