Music
Track: Seb Wildblood – Hazy House
Following on from last years ‘Sketches of Transition’ that brought him admiring glances from fellow producers and big scores and praise from critics, Seb Wildblood is back with his first new music of the year in the shape of a new EP, Hazy House, out via his own London / Los Angeles based label all …
Premiere: Éyal Hai – I miss
The Side Project main man Éyal Hai, has stepped out of that particular guise to release a solo single ‘I Miss’ , which we’re absolutely delighted to premiere here on Backseat Mafia. On the song, Éyal says “I first recorded the song as a voice memo on my iPhone, at 3 AM in my small Brooklyn apartment …
Video: Coalfalls – Coalfalls
We were highly impressed by Coalfalls‘s double instrumental single ‘Coalfalls/Stephenson Street’ recently and the band has doubled down with the release of a mesmerising video for the track Coalfalls. Recorded, produced and edited by Greg Harmat at Tangible Media in Ipswich, this is a beautifully shot music video which perfectly matches the dreamy instrumental and …
Premiere: Stina Stjern – Me and the Moth plus EP Review
It’s been two years since I reviewed Norway’s Stina Stjern‘s extraordinary album ‘Kap Herschell’ – describing it as an enigmatic, haunting masterpiece that seems to capture the Arctic chill of the north while offering a warm enveloping refuge. Backseat Mafia is honoured to premiere Stjern’s new single ‘Me and the Moth’ off her EP ‘The …
Track: Empathy Test – Monsters
With a name influenced by Bladerunner, Empathy Test are already streets ahead in my eyes, but their new single ‘Monsters’ provides indelible proof that this is a remarkable band. Initially a duo, Empathy Test were established in London back in 2013 and have been prolific ever since. While personally new to the band, ‘Monsters’ is …
Track: Squid Fishing – Elevator
Melbourne-based band with origins in Hobart, Squid Fishing, have released a new single ‘Elevator’ that perfectly captures a laconic antipodean attitude in a fresh and evocative tone. It’s part punk, part folk and infused with a sense of delicate longing and regret with its unabashed Australian accent and changes in pace. Singer Ethan Groombridge says …
Track: Melenas – Primer Tiempo
‘Primer Tiempo’, the new single from Pamplona, Spain’s power pop garage band Melenas, is a panacea for our weird pandemic world. It is a synth-driven piece of pop perfection that bounces and gambols along seemingly without an earthly concern, and yet antithetically, the vocals are infused with the sort of melancholia I love and appreciate. …
Track: Rex – Palaces
Amsterdam-based trio Rex have released an epic single ‘Palaces’ which has about it an exciting studied pose and swagger, and a video that captures this band’s cool presence. Singer Jonathan Rex has that razor sharp feel and profound delivery that cannot help recall the likes of Leonard Cohen or Nick Cave – ultra cool yet …
Track: Glenn Thomas – All you can do
Out now is the new single from singer-songwriter Glenn Thomas, ‘All you can do’, taken from his forthcoming album Reassure me there’s a window, out on May 15th via Palace Flophouse Records. All you can do has this sweeping haziness about it, with Thomas’s vocal creeping over the top of this indie-folk backing, with drips …
See: Larkin Poe share video for ‘Holy Ghost Fire’
Larkin Poe raise lockdown spirits with the video for their uplifting new single ‘Holy Ghost Fire’. Larkin Poe, aka Atlanta-born multi-instrumentalist sister duo Rebecca and Megan Lovell, are following up their GRAMMY® Award-nominated fourth studio album, ‘Venom & Faith’ with new album ‘Self Made Man’ (out on 12 June via their own Tricki-Woo Records). To …