Gareth O Malley, Author at Backseat Mafia

PREMIERE: Charlie Reed drift with the current on intimate debut album ‘Eddy’

There’s plenty of space on the debut album by Chicago’s Charlie Reed. Just as well, because it’s not a solo project; the band consists of no fewer than seven people.…

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PREMIERE: San Fermin announce ‘Your Ghost’ EP for September, share the turbulent ‘Someone You Call Baby’

Brooklyn’s San Fermin exist in a constant state of flux, such that they see themselves as a collective moreso than a band. Buoyed by a collaborative approach that’s recently seen…

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PREMIERE: Canadian trio Captain Wildchild get weird with it on inventive new song ‘Fantasy’

You’re probably aware but there’s a bunch of excellent punk bands coming out of Canada. You got PUP, Single Mothers and the Dirty Nil up there, ffs. Clearly there’s more…

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PREMIERE: LA veterans Near Beer unleash their anticipated debut album

It would be fair to say the members of Los Angeles outfit Near Beer have put in the work. It’s coming on a decade since leader/vocalist/guitarist Joey Siara’s old band,…

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PREMIERE: Los Angeles duo Trick Gum share the short and snappy ‘Tim Dillon’

The individual members of Los Angeles collaboration Trick Gum certainly like to keep busy; Justin Raisen has worked with the likes of Lizzo, Yves Tumor and Yeah Yeah Yeahs as…

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PREMIERE: Buñuel tip their hat to David Lynch in suitably intense clip for ‘Roll Call’ off new album ‘Killers Like Us’

If you haven’t heard the new Buñuel album yet, you really need to fix that. The four-piece, helmed by Eugene S. Robinson (also of Oxbow), put out the cathartic Killers…

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PREMIERE: The Rare Occasions are ‘Seasick’ on first new song of 2022

You may have heard The Rare Occasions already without knowing it; the Los Angeles trio released an album a little over a year ago called Big Whoop, which, contrary to…

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PREMIERE: London duo Grieving Sea prep for ‘Donewiz’ album release with the haunting ‘The Sea Devours’

Genoa-based label Brucia Records prides itself on being a home for ‘uncanny, unsettling or unusual’ music, and the forthcoming debut album by Grieving Sea certainly fits that description. The 7-track…

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PREMIERE: TWÏNS streams brief yet compelling new album ‘The Human Jazz’ ahead of release tomorrow

We’ve already shared three songs off Berlin-based psych artist Miro Denck’s imminent new album as TWÏNS—from which lead single ‘Peace’ premiered through us all the way back in September(!)—so we’re…

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PREMIERE: Seattle’s Biblioteka stream debut album ‘Pretty Ugly’ ahead of release

They’ve been building up to something grander for a while – dealing with the mixed emotions of releasing their second EP a week into a pandemic along the way –…

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