Music
Track: The enigmatic Us and I reveal dreamy and delicate new single ‘Fragile’ and announce debut EP ‘Loveless’ for 27 August 2021
Bangalore’s Us and I have unveiled a deliciously chill and ethereal debut single ‘Fragile’ and announced the release of their debut EP ‘Loveless’ for 27 August 2021. ‘Fragile’ matches a muscular synth riff with dreamy, ethereal vocals, mixing an M83 vibrant synth spine with distant haunting vocals that float across the firmament. There’s an eighties …
Album Review: Geoffrey O’Connor’s ‘For As Long As I Can Remember’ is a sparkling, indelible and stylish dream pop masterpiece.
Geoffrey O’Connor, who played in iconic Melbourne pop band Crayon Fields, has just released a magnificent solo album, ‘For As Long As I Remember’, and it is a shining beacon of sparkling, intelligent pop that provide aural succour during these dark times. Every song features duets with iconic singers which adds textures and layers that …
EP: Melbourne artist Eilish Gilligan reflects the generational zeitgeist with her sweeping, cinematic and personal EP ‘First One To Leave The Party’, plus announces launch dates.
Eilish Gilligan has a voice like a bell – it rings with an authenticity and clarity, imbued with personal expression and personality. Her subject matter has always been raw and personal: detailing the travails of a twenty-something filled with vulnerabilities, anxieties and yet empowered and resilient in that open self-expression. Her new EP, ‘First One …
Track: Pozi – Detainer Man
London band Pozi have shared another track from their upcoming EP Typing. Titled ‘Detainer Man’, the track is written from the point of view of a brainwashed police officer programmed to inflict abuse to uphold the status quo. The band comments: “This song is written from the perspective of a brainwashed police officer, preprogrammed to …
Track: Polly Paulusma revives the folk classic with sublime ‘ Barbary Allen ‘
Folk Singer, composer of English Literature Professor, Polly Paulusma is a force to be reckoned with. Already a highly established folk singer , Paulusma recorded her latest album ‘Invisible Man Music ‘ , a collection of traditional folk songs that influenced novelist Angela Carter, gracefully re-told by Polly Paulusma. The album is a sonic portrait readings …
Track : Lady Blackbird delivers show stopping vocals with ‘ It’s Not That Easy ‘
Lady Blackbird is a force to be reckoned with. Her voice is undoubtedly comparable at least to the greats, and it’s no wonder she’s been referred by Giles Peterson as ‘”the Grace Jones of jazz” . We at Backseat are delighted to share her brand new single ‘It’s Not That Easy’ lifted from her highly-anticipated …
Track: Damon Albarn’s ‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’-
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows, the new studio album from Damon Albarn, will be released by new label home Transgressive Records on 12th November 2021. The title track is truly more than a suggestive indication of ex-frontman for Blur’s Damon Albarn every growing maturity as an artist in his own write. Inspired by …