Gareth O Malley, Author at Backseat Mafia

PREMIERE: Philadelphia’s The Mary Veils unleash ‘Bone Blossom Green’ and announce debut album for March

If it feels like Philly quartet The Mary Veils have been building toward something for a while, that’s because, well, they have. Having completed their metamorphosis from Brian von Uff’s…

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PREMIERE: EXEK offer ‘Unseasonable Warmth’ on second single from new album ‘Advertise Here’

It’s been more than 5 years since the Melbourne-based quintet EXEK released a proper studio album, but that wait is almost over. Next month, they release Advertise Here, a muscular…

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PREMIERE: Curtis Godino Presents The Midnight Wishers debut ‘No Place Like Home’, announce album for February

Sounding like a fully realised trip back in time, the debut single from Curtis Godino Presents the Midnight Wishers introduces listeners to the trio under the stewardship of Godino, as…

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PREMIERE: Guy Blue wrestles with destructive urges on debut single ‘No Vision’

There’s a line in the press release that describes this song as ‘the most fun panic attack you’ll ever have’ and sure enough, ‘No Vision’, the debut single from Brooklynite…

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PREMIERE: Stream Eric Schroeder’s second album of 2021 in full ahead of release tomorrow

If you haven’t been keeping up, San Diego’s Eric Schroeder released his most recent album in April – a deeply personal offering that was, as Donnie and Marie Osmond didn’t…

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PREMIERE: John Dwyer is at it again on Gong Splat’s self-titled debut album

You know John Dwyer, right? Him from the Osees/Oh Sees/OCS etc.? If so, you know he’s famously prolific, and even though his main gig have taken a year off from…

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PREMIERE: TWÏNS searches for ‘Peace’ as he announces album for April

He’s been drip-feeding us new music over several years but the Berlin-based Miro Denck has finally got an album on the way. Otherwise known as TWÏNS, Denck began 2021 by…

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PREMIERE: Ben Auld wards off the winter chill with ‘D4A’; debut album ‘Lemongrass’ sprouting in February

It’s December, so we could all do with a little additional warmth in our lives. Bristolian Ben Auld is here, right on cue, with the lead single from his forthcoming…

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PREMIERE: CADE preps second EP for April, taps Nate Traveller for ’20 MISSED CALLS’

It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from CADE. The Los Angeleno released the WOLF BLUE EP in 2019, and has taken his time following that up; the detailed R&B…

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PREMIERE: Seattle’s Acid Tongue stream new album ‘Arboretum’ ahead of release

Though its core members are based in Seattle – that’s Guy Keltner and Ian Cunningham – Acid Tongue are no strangers to international collaboration or putting in work when it…

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