Gareth O Malley, Author at Backseat Mafia

PREMIERE: Piers Thibault stuns with the brief and brilliant ‘Dusk’, announces debut EP ‘Ire’

If you’re reading this, we bet there have been times when you’ve wanted to completely lose yourself in a piece of music. French artist Piers – last name Thibault –…

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PREMIERE: Blonde Diamond dazzle on brilliant new single ‘Strange Times’, prep debut album

It would be fair to say that Vancouver quartet Blonde Diamond have been in album mode for a while now. It’s the reason they all but vanished for two years…

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PREMIERE: LUMBEROB serves up some ‘FRIEDLEGGINGS’ as he releases his debut album

No idea what Rob Erickson is doing in that press photo up there but we’d be doing the same thing if we had an album out today. Speaking of, New…

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PREMIERE: Catcher deliver a cathartic shock to the system on their powerful debut album ‘The Fat of a Broken Heart’

You may have noticed, but we like New Yorkers Catcher quite a bit. We broke the news of their debut album in this effusive premiere post of its lead single…

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PREMIERE: Cooper Kenward debuts with a floaty song about death on ‘In Due Time’, debut album incoming

Who wants to hear a cheerful song about mortality? Northern California export Cooper Kenward has got one for you if you’re a big fan of stark contrast between sound and…

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PREMIERE: MuMu strips back ‘Brooklyn Tonight’ for first offering of 2022

She closed 2021 with the original version of this song and we’ve gotta say, the rework is just as good, if not better. If MuMu – the New York-based Madeline…

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PREMIERE: LUMBEROB shares wonderfully weird video for ‘BEGANTOCRY’; debut solo album out next month

He’s been part of the New York performance art noise scene for over 15 years, and the weird and wonderful go hand in hand on the forthcoming debut solo album…

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PREMIERE: New Yorkers Catcher come out swinging with ‘Behind a Bleeding Heart’; debut album follows next month

We’re just going to say it: the debut album from New York sextet Catcher is an absolute scorcher. Fans of Protomartyr, Preoccupations and the more muscular proponents of the current…

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PREMIERE: Lou Canon shares EP of ‘Audomatic Body’ remixes via interlinked video series

Torontonian Lou Canon released her very good debut album Audomatic Body barely over a year and a half ago. Definitely spend some time with it over on Bandcamp if she’s…

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PREMIERE: Curtis Godino presents the second Midnight Wishers single ‘He Loves Me Not’; self-titled album out three weeks today

Up above is the suitably kaleidoscopic artwork for the debut album by The Midnight Wishers; that’s Jin Lee, Rachel Herman and Jessica McFarland, the trio being overseen by the Brooklyn-based…

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