Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: Tennis prepare for their goodbyes with beautiful new single ‘12 blown tires’

There’s a tender kind of ache at the heart of “12 Blown Tires,” the latest single from Tennis, and it’s one that feels earned. Opening with a warm, almost hypnotic…

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Track: Lex Vervain hits the (bitter)sweet spot with new single, ‘Say it All’

Lex Vervain’s new single “Say It All” is a quietly devastating piece of songwriting—beautiful, bruised, and impossibly tender. Built around undulating acoustic guitar lines that seem to breathe in and…

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Track: The Pharcyde prove class is permanent with new single ‘Timeless’

The Pharcyde’s return with “Timeless” is exactly that—timeless in feel and sharp in execution. From the first few bars, there’s a glorious piano stomp that drives the beat, cut with…

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Album Review: Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE; A love story in two halves.

After six long years, Bon Iver returns with SABLE, fABLE, a two-part odyssey that explores love, longing, and transformation with his trademark emotional depth and sonic inventiveness. More than just…

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Album Review: Lea Maria Fries – Cleo; Restless, poetic, genre-hopping brilliance from a singular new voice.

From the Swiss countryside to Berlin’s creative chaos and on to the quiet corners of Paris, Cleo, the debut album from Lea Maria Fries, feels like a journey through sound,…

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Album Review: Yann Tiersen – Rathlin from a Distance | The Liquid Hour; a immersive two part journey from solo expressive piano to urgent electronics

On Ninnog – out now via Mute Records, Yann Tiersen delivers an ambitious and deeply personal double album that journeys from delicate, introspective piano meditations to full-bodied electronic eruptions. Split…

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News: Fontaines D.C. Announce Final Supports for Sold-Out Finsbury Park Headline Show

Fontaines D.C. have today confirmed the final additions to the line-up for their biggest headline show to date, set to take place at London’s Finsbury Park on Saturday 5 July…

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Track : Frankie and the Witch Fingers reveal psych punk brilliance with new single “Total Reset”

Frankie and the Witch Fingers come out swinging with “Total Reset”, an adrenalized burst of psych-punk chaos that’s as catchy as it is unhinged. It hits like a jolt to…

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Track: Cole Pulice – “Fragments of a Slipstream Dream”; shimmering ambient jazz palette

Cole Pulice’s latest single, “Fragments of a Slipstream Dream,” feels like standing at the edge of a new world, watching the air shimmer just before you step through. As the…

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Live Review: Henge / Mr Vast – Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield 05.04.2025

Sidney & Matilda was transformed into a launchpad for the bizarre and the brilliant last Friday, packed to the rafters with earthlings in tinfoil hats, green face paint, and full-on…

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