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See: Årabrot’s “Kinks Of The Heart” on display with new clip. [NSFW]
Industrialized post-punk duo Årabrot are certainly having a productive 2021. Ahead of the release of Norwegian Gothic, due out through Pelagic Records on April 9th, the combined direction of Kjetil Nernes and Karin Park dropped a surprise EP earlier in the year. They’ve now released the first video from the new album, a somewhat NSFW …
Track: Juliana Hatfield releases brilliant new single, Mouthful of Blood
Always moving forward, Juliana Hatfield has kept the open ears of her fans full to busting with her releases which veer between the original (Pussycat, Weird) and covers (..sings Olivia Newton-John, …sings the Police). It’s the former with her next collection – Blood, out on May 14th on American Laundromat Records. It’ll be her 19th …
Album Review: FM Einheit orchestrates dreams with “Exhibition Of A Dream.”
Having made mention of KMFDM in a previous review, it would seem that the more euro-centric oddities that are emerging from the winter have made their way into the collective leftfield inbox a lot more than anticipated. That’s fine; when you’ve been asked to take a listen to an album by former Einstürzende Neubauten percussionist …
SEE: Emerson Snowe – ‘Frankenstein’: creepy visuals and Chills-like guitar pop
BRISBANE’S Jarrod M. Mahon disappears down the rabbit hole of indiepop under the dashing name of Emerson Snowe; and he’s just released a first taster of an EP, out later this year. The track’s entitled “Frankenstein”, it’s a rather lovely slice of breezy indie, leaning out of the Chills nexus towards 1968; and you can …
Premiere: Tim Kile releases the affecting indie pop of ‘My Medicine’
Out today is ‘My Medicine, the fifth single to be taken from the forthcoming debut album ‘These things are being gathered for the fire’, from former Wild Light and Arcade Fire co-founder Tim Kile, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Although its a beautifully affecting slice …
Album Review: Bradford release ‘Bright Hours’: a magnificent follow-up to ‘Shouting Quietly’, 31 years on
SOME things change and some stay the same. Whereas before, with debut album Shouting Quietly, there was a car journey home from nearby Loughborough, Left-Legged Pineapple bag strewn on the floor, I pored over the lyrics typed onto the inside sleeve, studied who played what, did what, wrote what and where; anticipation building, found the …
See: Florence Adooni releases new video for glorious new single ‘Mam Pe’ela Su’ure’
Need to raise those spirits? Here’s a gorgeous ray of Frafra gospel warmth to help you head for brighter days. Florence Adooni has been revered as one of the leading vocalists in North Ghana for some time now but she’s also been pushing boundaries as one of the key contributors to the vibrant roots-fusion sounds …
SEE: The Native – ‘Lost On You’: first for the year from anthemic West Country risers
ANTHEMIC Plymothians The Native have just dropped their first single of 2021, the stirring guitar anthem “Lost On You”; watch the video with us, below. Still a new band by any criteria, really – they quickly built up a fanbase by word of mouth on the back of some electric gigs down west, with a …
Premiere: DISOUT release brand new track ‘All of Them’
Polish rock/metal outfit DISOUT are unveiling their brand new single ‘All of Them’ and we have the pleasure of revealing it here on Backseat Mafia. Taken from their debut album MIEN, released February 8th on CD Baby, ‘All of Them’ is in line with the album’s conceptual theme; on 15th January, the band tweeted “this …
Premiere: The Record Summer release the cathartic beauty of ‘Release’
Taken from his forthcoming album Lay It Bare, out on March 5th via Boden Kuma Recordings, Release is the new single from The Record Summer, aka songwriter Bret Rodysill, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere the video right here on Backseat Mafia today. it’s been a tough road to this point for Rodysill. …