Music
SEE: Crack Cloud up the six-stringed fury on ‘Tunnel Vision’
CRACK CLOUD come rushing forth once more from waay left of centre with new single “Tunnel Vision”, a barrelling, angular, skeletal chant to call you to arms. The Vancouver collective’s latest tune trails their debut album proper, Pain Olympics, which comes out next Friday, July 17th. “Tunnel Vision” is everything that’s great about these Canadians. …
TRACK: The Streets are ‘Falling Down’ ahead of mixtape; ‘drive-in’ shows announced
THE STREETS, Mike Skinner’s crossover original pirate million-sellers, have shared another track ahead of the release of the mixtape None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive tomorrow, July 10th. It’s a stark and reflective, piano-led number in the vein of “Dry Your Eyes”, looking at the rawer side of a lovelife, and …
ALBUM REVIEW: Quest Ensemble – ‘The Other Side’
THE TRIO of pianist Filipe Sousa, cellist Tara Franks and violinist Preetha Narayanan, who record as Quest Ensemble, are far from your vanilla classical trio. Drawing on backgrounds in which they individually explored western and Indian classical, jazz and improvisational technique, and all alumni of the Guildhall School of Music, they have brought these multidisciplinary …
News: Napalm Death Announce New Album ‘Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism’
UK Grindcore pioneers Napalm Death are delighted to announce their upcoming studio album release ‘Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism’, to be released on September 18th, 2020 via Century Media Records. ‘Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism’ is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2015’s acclaimed “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” album, was again …
Track: Private World – ‘Blue Spirit’
The Cardiff band release new single ahead of album release date. Private World share ‘Blue Spirit’, the second single from forthcoming debut album Aleph which will be released from Dais Records on 28th August. The song is a delicious hit of synth, with keyboards and guitars creating this perfect execution of new romantic, new wave …
Premiere: The Ella Sisters – Miss The Most
Norwegian duo The Ella Sisters, in reality Kristanstad based twin sisters Maren and Charlotte, are gearing up for the release of their debut EP ‘Queens’, out on August 28th. Ahead of it, they’ve released a new track from it, Miss The Most, which we’re delighted to premiere right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the …
See: Anna B Savage reveals new video for ‘Dead Pursuits’
There were some dark times for London-based singer songwriter Anna B Savage following the success of her 2015 debut EP, suffering with a sense of imposter syndrome. Her new single, the second to be released via the brilliant City Slang label, Dead Pursuits was written at this low point of self esteem. With it’s feet …
TRACK: James Dean Bradfield ‘There’ll Come A War’ & ‘Seeking The Room With The Three Windows’
James Dean Bradfield has released two new tracks. There’ll Come A War/Seeking The Room With The Three Windows are both available on June 26th. Two very different views of the forthcoming album, There’ll Come A War is a pensive, low slung threat of a track that points to the conflict yet to come. While Seeking The Room With The Three Windows is pure ascension, an instrumental with energy enough to ignite a dying star. …
SEE: King Charles’ plea to ‘Feel These Heavy Times’
DANDYISH London troubadour King Charles has released the video for a new lockdown song, “Feel These Heavy Times”. It’s a sweet and hushed pleas for togetherness and love in straitened times: “I know you know life’s not fair / Maybe that’s why revolution’s in the air”. The video features self-filmed clips of fans at home …
Premiere: We Are Waves – SELVA
Backseat Mafia is honoured to premiere the new video from Italian post-punk/synthwave band We Are Waves for their blistering new track ‘SELVA’. Brewed and percolated in lockdown conditions, the wave of innovative and very exciting music from Italy continues unabated in this track: a hybrid of electronic industrial drive and straight out indie rock. The …