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TRACK: The Damn Straights – ‘Blow It Up’: one minute fifty-eight of lyrical fire
THE DAMN STRAIGHTS: who they? I hear you say. Well, as if proving gestalt theory – if you’ll allow me to don my professor specs a sec, that a transactional whole is indeed more than the sum of its parts – it’s a two-handed, transatlantic collaboration between Exeter’s Adam Gibbons, aka the connoisseur’s modern soul …
Track: Live reveal from Danish black metal act, Solbrud.
Today, black metal boundary-pushers Solbrud reveal a new live video of “Øde Lagt.” The track is the first to be revealed from a special audio/visual live album, Levende I Brønshøj Vandtårn, set for international release on March 26th via Eisenwald. Since their formation in 2009, Danish black metal act Solbrud have forged melodic and evocative compositions in raw, storm-like, and atmospheric soundscapes. Their self-titled debut album was …
See: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever release playful video for ‘The Only One’ and announce tour news
With the magnificent album ‘Sideways to the New Italy‘ making Backseat Mafia’s top 50 albums for 2020 and my favourite 2020 music list from Australia and New Zealand, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (RBCF) continue to sparkle with the release of a video from a track off the album and an announcement of a further gig …
TRACK: The Pretty Reckless drop lyric video for ‘And So It Went’, featuring Tom Morello
LEGENDARY rockers The Pretty Reckless have shared their new single, “And So It Went.” The track features epic guitarist Tom Morello, of Rage Against the Machine fame. The track comes ahead of the band’s fourth album, Death By Rock And Roll, due to be released on February 12th via Century Media Records. Pre-orders are live for it now, here. Watch the lyric video for …
TRACK: DRONES release new single, ‘Learn’ – and launch a brand of coffee!
TAKEN from the forthcoming album, Our Hell Is Right Here, and set for release on February 12th on Lockjaw Records, Drones have dropped a brand new single, “Learn”. Drones are also launching a signature coffee blend, fittingly monikered ‘Fresh Hell’ – they intend it to be the ultimate cure for the ‘hangover’ of the bleak …
Say Psych: Premiere: REAVE – One More Night
REAVE is a newly emerged musical trio from Manchester & London. With influences such as Sylvan Esso, Johnny Marr and Depeche Mode they combine a wide range of styles from, but never limited to new wave, synth-pop and indie, their sound emits a fresh take on the best of the past. With huge drum sounds, …
ALBUM REVIEW – POM POKO – CHEATER.
Pom Poko were first brought to Backseat Mafia’s attention early last year when they released their single “Praise” from their debut album Birthday released in 2019. Since then, they’ve been one of the bands from Bella Union’s spectrum of talent that have been a regular feature on the website and the release of “Like A …
News: PJ Harvey’s album ‘Stories from the city, stories from the sea’, gets a vinyl release along with a demos release
UMC/ Island will release the reissue of the vinyl of STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA, the fifth studio album by PJ Harvey, alongside a collection of unreleased demos which will be available on CD, vinyl and digital. All due 26 February Produced by PJ Harvey with Rob Ellis and Mick Harvey, and originally released …
Premiere: Lily Ward releases new single, Kalopsia
Cornwall born singer-songwriter Lily Ward has returned with a new single, Kalopsia, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track, Lily told us “The definition of kalopsia is a delusion that something is more beautiful than it actually is. It’s like when you’re in a …
ALBUM REVIEW – FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY – MECHANICAL SOUL
My Spotify Wrapped for 2020 showed that I listened to a lot of Fear Factory throughout the year. A lot – an obscene amount. What’s always been fascinating about the industrial metal band isn’t just the frenzied drumming or the harmonic-to-death-grown vocals but the ambience on both Demanufacture and Obsolete. Those mechanized effects, the haunting …