Deb Pelser, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Sofia Isella strikes hard on fearless new EP Something is a shell.

Some records arrive asking politely for your attention. Sofia Isella’s new EP Something is a shell. kicks the door open, rearranges the room and leaves with the best lamp. Across six tracks, the…

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News: The Amity Affliction return with deeply personal new album House Of Cards

Some bands survive by repeating themselves until the crowd stops asking questions. The Amity Affliction have chosen a riskier route. On their ninth album House Of Cards, the Queensland heavyweights appear determined to…

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News: Ruby Fields announces intimate Sydney and Melbourne album launch events

Not every record needs to arrive declaring itself an era. Some are built from messier, more useful materials: floods, grief, breakups, odd jobs, rebuilding, falling in love and figuring out…

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Track: Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers unleash new era with t.A.T.u. rework and GLORY deluxe

Some covers arrive politely. Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers chose detonation. Returning to the triple j Like A Version studio today, the ARIA-winning four-piece took on t.A.T.u.’s 2002 juggernaut All The Things She Said and dragged…

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Track: Ruel embraces chaos on raw new single ‘Hate Myself’

If the first chapter of Ruel’s second album leaned into melody and heartbreak with a soft glow, the sequel arrives with the lights flickering. New single ‘Hate Myself’, released today, is…

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Track: Bachelor Girl team with Darren Hayes for dark new version of ‘Blind’

Some comeback records lean on nostalgia until the wheels come off. Bachelor Girl appear to have chosen a sharper route: revisit the past, then rewire it completely. The duo have unveiled a…

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News: Split Enz announce Vika & Linda and Hans Pucket for Forever Enz Tour

As anticipation builds around the Forever Enz Tour, Split Enz have now confirmed special guests for their first major run of shows in nearly two decades. Joining all Australian dates will…

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Track: Francois van Coke turns recurring nightmares into new single

Nightmares rarely keep office hours. They arrive uninvited, drag old memories back into the room and refuse to explain themselves. Francois van Coke turns that unrest into fuel on new single ‘Nagmerries…

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Track: Max Aurora & The Southern Lights return with infectious new single ‘How I Know It’s Right’

Some artists write confessionals. Max Aurora & The Southern Lights prefer something wider angled, where personal feeling meets storytelling, memory and motion. The Naarm / Melbourne group, led by intersex and non-binary…

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Track: Ed O’Brien shares expansive new single ‘Incantations’ from Blue Morpho

Not every second act arrives with fanfare. Sometimes it begins with patience, solitude and eight minutes of slow-building guitar light. Ed O’Brien has released new single ‘Incantations’, the latest preview of his…

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